Table 2 Nutritional outcomes compared between the control and intervention periods
|  | Control period n = 210 | Intervention period n = 206 | Cumulative unit-level effect of intervention over timea (coefficient [robust 95% CI], p value) | Intracluster correlation coefficient: unit (95% CI) | Intracluster correlation coefficient: patient within unit (95% CI) | Cumulative unit-level effect of intervention over timea (adjusted coefficient [robust 95% CI], p value) | Intracluster correlation coefficient: unit (95% CI) | Intracluster correlation coefficient: patient within unit (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy intake (kJ/day) (mean ± SD) | 6532 ± 2328 | 6479 ± 2486 | -51 (-699 to 597), p = 0.876 | 1.14 × 1011 (NA to 1) | 0.43 (0.37 to 0.50) | 515 (-237 to 1269), p = 0.179 | 2.37 × 1021 (2.37 × 1021 to 2.37 × 1021) | 0.31 (0.24 to 0.40) |
Protein intake (g/day) (mean ± SD) | 67.0 ± 25.2 | 68.6 ± 26.0 | -0.63 (-7.585 to 6.334), p = 0.860 | 1.43 × 1016 (1.43 x 1016 to 1.43 × 1016) | 0.005 (3.52 × 109 to 1.00) | 2.53 (-5.56 to 10.62), p = 0.540 | 3.06 × 1014 (NA to 1) | 0.002 (1.47 × 1018 to 1) |
Energy deficitb (kJ/day) (mean ± SD) | 1392 ± 3037 | 1116 ± 2967 | -291 (-1104 to 521), p = 0.483 | 0.04 (0.005 to 0.28) | 0.73 (0.65 to 0.79) | -1405 (-2354 to -457), p = 0.004 | 0.015 (0.0003 to 0.44) | 0.73 (0.65 to 0.79) |
Protein deficitb (g/day) (mean ± SD) | 7.1 ± 32.1 | 2.6 ± 30.1 | -0.44 (-6.69 to 5.80), p = 0.890 | 0.01 (0.0002 to 0.38) | 0.67 (0.59 to 0.75) | -0.44 (-6.69 to 5.81), p = 0.890 | 1.86 × 106 (NA to 1) | 0.33 (0.25 to 0.42) |