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Table 1 Selected characteristics of adult in-patients

From: Nutritional risk and associated factors of adult in-patients at a teaching hospital in the Copperbelt province in Zambia; a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Participant characteristics

Categories

N = 186

n

%

Sex

Male

115

61.8

Female

71

38.2

Readmission

Yes

79

42.5

No

107

57.5

Diarrhoea

Yes

20

10.8

No

166

89.2

Vomiting

Yes

41

22.0

No

145

78.0

Weakness

Yes

89

47.8

No

97

52.2

Appetite decrease

Yes

96

51.6

No

90

48.4

Dysphagia

Yes

38

20.4

Weight loss

No

148

79.6

Yes

75

40.3

No

111

59.7