Table 4: Demographic and clinical aspects of the patients in the two groups.

Variable Control Group Study Group P value

Gender (N, %)

Male

Female

69

19 (27.5)

50 (72.5)

71

22 (30.9)

49 (69.1)

1.0

Age (years) (mean ± SD) 58.9 ± 8.64 60.14 ± 8.45 0.10
Length of hospital stay (mean ± SD, range) 3.25 ± 0.2 (2-6) 3.0 ± 0.18 (2-5) 0.38
BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SD) 27.55 ± 4.1 29.33 ± 6.8 0.074
Nutritional Status score (SGA) 7.13 ± 0.54 7.1 ± 0.31 0.54