Differences of patients with de-escalation or restriction of the oral diet
| Change in oral diet (n=161) | De-escalation of oral diet (n=93) | Restriction of oral diet (n=68) | P | |
| Sex (number of male patients) | 95 (59%) | 55 (59.1%) | 40 (58.8%) | >0.999 |
| Age (median, IQR) | 72 (61–80) | 72 (60–79) | 75 (66.25–82) | 0.01 |
| Ischaemic stroke | 87 (54%) | 43 (46.2%) | 44 (64.7%) | 0.025 |
| Intensive care unit | 66 (41%) | 49 (52.7%) | 17 (25%) | 0.001 |
| Brain lesion | 127 (78.9) | 68 (73.1%) | 59 (86.8%) | 0.05 |
| Pneumonia | 58 (36%) | 38 (40.9%) | 20 (29.4%) | 0.183 |
| Length of stay in hospital in days (median, IQR) | 17 (11–26) | 17 (11.75–27.25) | 18 (11–31) | 0.95 |
| Death | 6 (3.7%) | 1 (1.1%) | 5 (7.4%) | 0.082 |
| PEG on admission | 2 (1.2%) | 2 (2.2%) | 0 | |
| PEG procedure in hospital | 32 (19.9%) | 19 (20.4%) | 13 (19.1%) | >0.999 |
| PEG at discharge | 34 (21.1%) | 21 (22.6%) | 13 (19.1%) | 0.697 |
PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube.