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. 2016 Mar 24;2016:9318329. doi: 10.1155/2016/9318329

Table 3.

Demographic, anthropometric variables, nutritional intakes, biohumoral variables, and clinical-functional test of the admitted patients after randomization.

Placebo EAAs p
Age (yrs) 65.6 ± 9.50 67.9 ± 7.3 0.2
M/F 10/20 14/16 0.3
Body weight (kg) 73.0 ± 12.2 75.9 ± 15.9 0.3
Body mass index (BMI) kg/m2 27.5 ± 3.9 29.8 ± 4.2 0.07
Time from index event (days) 16.0 ± 1.1 17.9 ± 1.2 <0.05
Length of stay (days) 15.2 ± 1.2 17 ± 0.8 <0.08
Daily nutritional intakes
Energy (kcal) 1980 ± 285 2210 ± 441 0.3
kcal/kg 27.1 ± 2.1 29.1 ± 4.33 0.5
Carbohydrates (g/kg) 3.7 ± 0.4 4.1 ± 0.8 0.8
Proteins (g/kg) 1.1 ± 0.4 0.9 ± 0.2 0.6
Lipids (g/kg) 0.95 ± 0.25 1.15 ± 0.40 0.8
Blood biohumoral variables
Glucose (mg/dL; n.v. 70–110) 82.2 ± 16.5 87.0 ± 15.5 0.6
Urea (mg/dL; n.v. 16–38) 34.7 ± 10.9 35.7 ± 8.1 0.2
Creatinine (mg/dL; n.v. 0.6–1.1) 0.73 ± 0.08 0.74 ± 0.09 0.2
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/1 hr; n.v.: <12) 45.3 ± 24.2 49.4 ± 28 0.4
C-reactive protein (mg/dL; n.v. <0.8) 16.4 ± 11.7 20.5 ± 18.1 0.5
Hemoglobin (g/dL; n.v. >13 males and >12 females) 10.4 ± 1.2 10.5 ± 0.96 0.1
Ferritin (ng/mL; n.v. 30–230 males and 10–120 females) 206.7 ± 166 288 ± 212 0.3
Transferrin (mg/dL; n.v. 180–240) 215 ± 34 191 ± 29 <0.04
Albumin (g/dL; n.v. 3.5–5.5) 3.62 ± 0 3.57 ± 0 <0.07
Total protein (g/dL; n.v. 6–8) 6.37 ± 0.51 6.1 ± 0.38 <0.04
α1-globulin (% total protein; n.v. 2.9–4.9) 6.7 ± 1.1 6.97 ± 1.38 0.1
α2-globulin (% total protein; n.v. 7.1–11.8) 11.9 ± 2.5 11.1 ± 2.4 0.1
Clinical-functional test #
Harris hip score 39.78 ± 4.89 41.8 ± 1.15 0.9

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Normal value.

Statistical analysis:

(a) unpaired t-test;

(b) Chi-square test;

(c) #Mann-Whitney test.