Table 4.

Univariate associations between protein intake and nutrition parameters.

		DPI (g/kg/day)		Protein Intake (g/day)
		R	p-Value	R	p-Value
BMI (kg/m2)	Male	−0.434	0.021	−0.138	0.484
	Female	−0.365	0.04	−0.125	0.496
nPCR (g/kg/day)	Male	0.352	0.067	0.241	0.217
	Female	0.455	0.009	0.282	0.117
LBM (%)	Male	−0.204	0.297	−0.053	0.788
	Female	−0.124	0.439	−0.063	0.734
Total energy intake (kcal/day)	Male	0.243	0.213	0.409	0.031
	Female	0.255	0.160	0.476	0.006
DEI (kcal/kg/day)	Male	0.557	0.002	0.355	0.064
	Female	0.655	0.00	0.343	0.054
Albumin (g/L)	Male	0.042	0.831	−0.048	0.808
	Female	−0.002	0.991	0.059	0.746

DPI = dietary protein intake; BMI = body mass index; nPCR = normalized protein catabolic rate; LBM = lean body mass; DEI = dietary energy intake.