The mean change in body weight was 0.68 kg (95% CI: 0.15-1.20; n = 8; I for heterogeneity = 83%, p = 0.01) less in the "high vegetable and fruit" intake arms than in the "low vegetable and fruit intake" arms.
To assess mean differences in outcome between lower and higher fat intake arms for randomised controlled trials we combined the data by the inverse variance method in random effects meta-analysis in Review Manager version 5.0 (Nordic Cochrane Centre, Cochrane Collaboration, 2008).
Randomised controlled trials had to compare an intervention intended to reduce total fat intake by reducing percentage energy from fat or total fat in g/day with a usual fat intake arm and to continue the intervention for at least 26 weeks.
This study was prematurely terminated after the inclusion of 35 and 36 patients respectively in each of the study arms, due to a treatment failure rate of 22.2% among those in the NVP-IR single daily intake arm of the study.
Only the volume enclosed by the two intake port arms was subjected to modification.
The grey areas within the intake port arms are the cells that were blocked during the topology optimisation.
Nutritional status and nutrition-related parameters such as weight loss, quantity of food intake, appetite, arm circumference, dietary type, and extent of dependence confer considerable prognostic value regarding hospital LOS in acute care setting.
Age, gender, BMI, MUST score, autonomy, health quality, appetite, quantity of food intake, weight loss, arm or calf perimeter (P < 0.001, for all), and dietary type (P < 0.01) affected nutritional status.
There was no significant difference in measured change daily energy intake between the two arms (368 kJ; 95% CI: -27 to 762, comparing high vs low; n = 6; I = 42%, p = 0.07).
There was no significant difference in measured daily energy intake between the two arms (368 kJ; 95% CI: -27 to 762, comparing high vs low; n = 6; I = 42%, p = 0.07).
Our study design included a standard arm with an energy intake equal to 140% estimated BMR, and an experimental arm with an energy goal of 100% measured REE.
