Table 1

Patient demographics

Intestinal insufficiency: non-HPN (n=44)Intestinal failure:
HPN (n=45)
Sex (F/M)24/2031/14
Diagnosis (CD/MT/surg/RE/ID)37/3/4/0/0261-151/3/7/3/61-151
Age (years)48 (43–57)49 (40–57)
Weight (kg)63.2 (55.4–70.3)57.2 (50.9–64.5)1-150
Weight (kg) 6 months prior62.9 (57.0–73.1)57.9 (52.1–65.3)
Height (cm)169 (162–177)166 (163–171)
BMI (kg/m2)22.1 (19.4–24.6)20.8 (18.9–23.2)
Lean body mass (kg)42.7 (36.1–50.1)36.1 (32.6–42.2)1-150
Fat mass (kg)15.7 (9.5–20.4)19.0 (12.4–24.8)
Bone mass (kg)2.8 (2.6–3.1)2.4 (2.1–2.8)**
BMR (MJ/day)5.69 (5.42–6.91)5.61 (5.32–5.98)
  • Results are expressed as median (25–75% percentiles). CD, Crohn's disease; MT, mesenteric thrombosis; surg, complications related to surgery; RE, radiation enteritis; ID, intestinal dysmotility; BMI, body mass index; BMR, basal metabolic rate according to Harris–Benedict equations.

  • 1-150 p<0.05, **p<0.01, Mann-Whitney rank sum test.

  • 1-151 p<0.05, χ2 or alternatively Fisher's exact test.