Energy and nutrient intake in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalized owing to an acute exacerbation

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Table 1. Patient characteristics

	Women	Men
	(n=19)	(n=11)
Age (years)	69 (9)	71 (10)
Body weight (kg)^a	59.7 (16.5)	65.3 (17.7)
BMI (kg m^−2)	23.3 (6.7)	21.4 (4.8)
FEV1 (% pred.)	29 (10)	29 (9)
AMC (cm)	21 (3)	23 (3)
FFMI (kg m^−2)	15.6 (3.3)	15.8 (2.5)

a Data are means (SD).

Body weight at start of dietary registration.

BMI: body mass index; FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in one second; AMC: arm muscle circumference; FFMI: fat-free mass index.

Table 2. Proportion of patient group (%) having a total nutrient intake below the estimated average requirement (30)

	Patients receiving complete nutritional supplements	Patients not receiving complete nutritional supplements	Estimated average requirement
	(n=11)	(n=19)	Women	Men
Folate	55	47	200µg	200µg
Iron	18	16	6mg^a	7mg
Niacin equivalent	9	0	12NE	15NE
Riboflavin	36	21	1.1mg	1.4mg
Thiamin	36	26	0.9mg	1.2mg
Vitamin B6	18	5	1.0mg	1.3mg
Vitamin C	9	26	50mg	60mg
Vitamin E (à-tocopherol)	27	11	5	6
Zinc	0	0	5mg	6mg

a SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism.