Human limb skeletal muscle wasting and architectural remodeling during five to ten days intubation and ventilation in critical care – an observational study using ultrasound

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Day 1	Day 5	Day 10	P-value
Sample Size	22	16	9	---
Males, n (%)	19 (86.3)*	13 (81.3)	7 (77.7)	* < 0.001
Age, [years] (Mean ± SD)	59.77 ± 16.74	63.12 ± 16.44	58.66 ± 19.95	0.78
Height, [metres] (Mean ± SD)	1.72 ± 0.13	1.68 ± 0.13	1.71 ± 0.13	0.78
Weight, [kg] (Mean ± SD)	88.50 ± 29.19	82.95 ± 27.31	75.66 ± 24.58	0.54
Body Mass Index, (Mean ± SD)	30.75 ± 12.50	30.99 ± 13.69	25.73 ± 7.40	0.61

Data tested with one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction applied. Statistically significant p-values (p<0.05) have been marked with *. Despite patients withdrawing throughout the study period, there were no significant changes to group’s demographic variables. The number of males compared to females on day 1 was compared using the binomial test

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