Characteristics	Tube Feeding (n = 99)	Non Tube Feeding (n = 50)	OR	95% CL	p-value
Age (yr) (mean ± SD)	79.23 ± 11.19	80.36 ± 10.04	0.99	0.96 - 1.02	0.55
Male	48 (67.6%)	23 (33%)	1.10	0.56 - 2.18	0.77
Female	51 (65.4%)	27 (34.6%)	1.10	0.56 - 2.18	0.77
Transfer from general hospital	65 (31.3%)	30 (68.8)	0.97	0.36 - 2.64	0.70
Transfer from home	17 (58.6%)	12 (41.4%)	0.64	0.27 - 1.51	0.35
Transfer from Nursing home	15 (68.2%)	7 (31.8%)	1.08	0.41 - 2.86	0.87
Cerebrovascular accident	46 (79.3%)	12 (20.7%)	0.36	0.17 - 0.78	0.009^*
No Cerebro-vascular accident	53 (58.2%)	38 (41.8%)	0.36	0.17 - 0.78	0.009^*
Lung Disease	61 (73.5%)	22(26.5%)	0.49	0.25 - 0.98	0.04^*
No Lung Disease	38 (57.6%)	28 (42.4%)	0.49	0.25 - 0.98	0.04^*
Chronic Renal failure	30 (55.5)	24 (44.5)	2.12	1.05 - 4.28	0.03^*
No Chronic Renal failure	69 (72.6%)	26 (27.4%)	2.12	1.05 - 4.28	0.03^*
Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimer Disease (FAST) total, Mean	6.54 ± 0.6	6.02 ± 0.5	3.72	2.04 - 6.80	0.001^*
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) total, Mean	10.9 ± 2.99	13.8 ± 1.64	0.55	0.44 - 0.69	0.001^*
Norton Scale total score, Mean	8.75 ± 2.2	11.04 ± 2.5	0.68	0.57 - 0.80	0.001^*
Urinary catheter	68 (72)	26 (28)	0.49	0.25 - 0.99	0.05^*
No Urinary catheter	31 (56.4%)	24 (43.6%)	0.49	0.25 - 0.99	0.05^*
Tracheostomy	20 (90.9%)	2 (9.1%)	0.16	0.04 - 0.74	0.02^*
No tracheostomy	79 (62.2%)	48 (37.8%)	0.16	0.04 - 0.74	0.02^*
Pressure Ulcer	72 (75%)	24 (25%)	0.35	0.17 - 0.70	0.003^*
No Pressure Ulcer	26 (49.1%)	27 (50.9%)	0.35	0.17 - 0.70	0.003^*
Total Lymphocyte Count Mean	1727 ± 720	1448 ± 659	1.0	1.0 - 1.0	0.03^*
Hb (gr%) Mean	10.80 ± 1.58	10.23 ± 1.30	1.30	1.02 - 1.65	0.03^*
BMI Mean	22.87 ± 5.16	25.93 ± 6.46	0.91	0.85 - 0.98	0.008^*