Table 3.

Baseline laboratory findings of study participants.

Variable	Refeeding		Crude PR	95% CI	P value
	Yes	No
Potassium (mmol/L)	5.4 ± 0.9	5.4 ± 3.2
Low (<3.5)			1.00
Normal			0.9	0.65–1.26	0.549
Sodium (mmol/L)	139.2 ± 3.6	137 ± 5.3
Low (<135)			1.00
Normal			0.86	0.78–0.96	0.005
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.3 ± 1.7	9.6 ± 3.03
Low (<11.0)			1.00
Normal			1.00	0.99–1.02	0.402

All variables with P value <0.2 at bivariate are significant at bivariate and were put in bold.