Risk factors for enteral nutrition-associated diarrhea in older patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of enteral nutrition-associated diarrhea in STBI patients

Variables	Age < 65 (n = 168)			Variables	Age ≥ 65 (n = 124)
Variables	p value	Adjusted OR	95% CI	Variables	p value	Adjusted OR	95% CI
APACHE II	0.001	1.144	1.061–1.241	GCS	0.161	0.494	0.180–1.313
Enteral nutrition duration	0.012	1.117	1.028–1.222	APACHE II	0.025	1.134	1.019–1.272
Serum albumin	0.120	0.955	0.899–1.012	High fat energy	0.025	1.221	1.055–1.789
Antibiotics DDDs	0.006	1.110	1.035–1.204	Enteral nutrition duration	0.044	1.105	1.005–1.223
				Antibiotics DDDs	0.039	1.076	1.029–1.211
				Tube feeding of potassium	0.046	2.525	1.031–6.450

STBI Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, DDDs Total Defined Daily Dose of Antibiotics, CI Confidence Interval, OR odds ratio

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