Table 2A: Univariate analysis of patients' characteristic between optimal and suboptimal proteins intake in week 2 (days 8-14).
| Variables | Met ≥ 90% of proteins target (N = 16) | Met < 90% of proteins target (N = 17) | Sig. P Value |
| Gender (Male/Female) | (14/2) | (14/3) | P = 0.530 |
| Age (IQR) | 35.5 (28-52.25) | 55 (32.50-68) | P = 0.094 |
| BMI | 26.2 ± 3.5 | 24.7 ± 5.1 | P = 0.377 |
| APACHE II | 26.5 (19.25-30.25) | 29.5 (23-34) | P = 0.270 |
| Injury Severity Score (ISS) | 20 (17-37) | 29 (18.50-37) | P = 0.277 |
| Penn state equation target (kcal/day) | 2127 ± 341 | 1847 ± 456 | P = 0.074 |
| Prescribed protein target (gram/day) | 111.25 ± 17.53 | 112.65 ± 34.32 | P = 0.790 |
| Average protein delivered in 2nd week | 115.81 ± 17.5 | 49.41 ± 35.9 | P = < 0.0001* |
| Average protein delivered in 14 days | 87.88 ± 17 | 39.88 ± 20 | P = < 0.0001* |
| Day of start TPN | 3 ± 1.2 (16/16) |
6 ± 3.5 (12/17) |
P = 0.017* |
| Day of start EN | 6.5 ± 4.6 (6/16) |
5 ± 2.2 (15/17) |
P = 0.622 |
| Early feeding ≤ 4 days | 81.2% (13/16) | 70.6% (12/17) | P = 0.381 |
| TPN | 68% (11/16) | 13% (2/15) | P = 0.002* |
| EN | 0% (0/16) | 40% (6/15) | P = 0.007* |
| Combined feeding | 31.2% (5/16) | 46.7% (7/15) | P = 0.305 |
| TPN use in 14 days | 56.2% (9/16) | 11.8% (2/17) | P = 0.009* |
*(Penn State equation).