Table 4. Comparison Between the Upper Group and the Lower Group of Change Rate of Albumin (n = 24).

	Lower group	Upper group	P value
Number of patients (male/female)	12 (8/4)	12 (5/7)	0.414
Age (years)	83 ± 4.5	79.6 ± 10.1	0.296
At discharge Alb/at admission Alb	0.85 ± 0.08	1.11 ± 0.09	< 0.001
Breakfast NPC/N	-0.35 ± 0.91	0.54 ± 1.23	0.058
Breakfast (bread/porridge)a	11/1	6/6	0.069

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Mann-Whitney U test. ^aFisher’s exact test. Alb: serum albumin; NPC/N: non-protein calorie/nitrogen ratio.