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. 2023 Oct 4;12(6):2121–2132. doi: 10.1007/s40120-023-00546-w

Table 4.

Clinical features of patients with GBS classified by albumin level

	Albumin level		P
	Normal (≥ 40g/l, n = 63)	Low (< 40g/l, n = 68)	P
Age (years)	52 (39–65)^a	58 (48–67.25)^a	> 0.05
Gender (male)	40 (63.49)	35 (51.47)	> 0.05
UTRI	14/29 (48.28)	23/38 (60.53)	> 0.05
CNI at admission	25 (39.68)	22 (32.35)	> 0.05
MV	4 (6.35)	13 (19.12)	< 0.05
ICU admission	14 (22.22)	34 (50.00)	< 0.05
Hospital stays (days)	13 (10.25–17)^a	14 (11–21.25)^a	> 0.05
GBS disability score
At admission	2.4 ± 1.23^b	3.0 ± 1.3^b	< 0.05
At nadir	2.7 ± 1.4^b	3.5 ± 1.3^b	< 0.001
At discharge	1.7 ± 1.2^b	2.6 ± 1.6^b	< 0.001

CNI cranial nerve involvement, MV mechanical ventilation, UTRI upper respiratory tract infection, GBS Guillain-Barré syndrome

^aMedian (IQR)

^bMean ± SD