Table 7. Differences in anthropometric, biohumoral, functional status and nutritional intakes of stroke patients after stratifications in the groups with plasma glutamine levels >500 and respectively ≤500 μmol/L.

Variables	Glutamine >500 (n = 97)	Glutamine ≤ 500 (n = 28)	p value	FDR-adjusted p value
Anthropometric
Body mass index (BMI) (Kg/m2)	25.62±4.42	25.62±5.12	0.09	0.12
Actual/pre-event BW (%)	97±0.8	96±0.6	0.49	0.54
Blood
ESR 1st hr (mm)	30.45±25.11	58.75±35.76	<0.0001	0.0002
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	13.27±1.86	12.14±1.94	0.006	0.031
Blood urea (mg/dl)	39.74±18.04	42.57±28.98	0.53	0.56
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.97±0.28	0.98±0.29	0.83	0.83
Plasma glucose (mg/dl)	108.45±36.40	115.04±36.82	0.40	0.47
α1 globulin (g/dl)	0.21±0.04	0.24±0.06	0.008	0.033
Fibrinogen (mg/dl)	376.2±89.3	437.1±110.8	0.005	0.031
Serum albumin (g/dl)	3.41±0.53	3.08±0.57	0.005	0.031
Serum prealbumin (mg/dl)	21.57±5.60	19.41±6.16	0.09	0.12
Serum transferrin (mg/dl)	209.56±50.04	188.26±38.73	0.044	0.09
Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/dl)	1.12±2.35	2.25±2.58	0.031	0.08
White cell counts (mm3)	6431.55±1915.17	7492.86±1908.19	0.011	0.038
Neutrophils (%)	58.95±10.37	63.71±9.04	0.030	0.08
Lymphocytes (%)	28.47±9.68	24.30±8.39	0.041	0.09
Function
FIM (score)	61.96±27.37	51.04±29.10	0.069	0.11
Daily nutritional intake
Energy
Kcal/d	1670±177	1460±195
Kcal/Kg	22.9±3.51	20.3±2.69	0.08	0.11
Proteins
g/d	70.5±12.5	61.9±10.9
g/Kg	0.97±0.18	0.86±0.15	0.09	0.12
Lipids
g/d	60.3±11.6	44.5±8.6
g/Kg	0.83±0.16	0.62±0.12	0.1	0.12
Carbohydrates
g/d	219.3±48	192.7±42.2
g/Kg	3.07±0.66	2.68±0.55	0.07	0.11

Data are expressed as mean ±standard deviation (SD)

p-values are from the unpaired Student t-test; FDR-adjusted p value: p values for false discovery rate controlled at 5% using the Benjamini-Hochberg method

FIM = functional independence measure; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate