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Table 2 Amount a of daily protein intake in three frailty groups as g/day, g/kg BW and E%

From: Distribution but not amount of protein intake is associated with frailty: a cross-sectional investigation in the region of Nürnberg

Frailty

Non-frail (n = 86)

Pre-frail (n = 79)

Frail (n = 30)

Pb

g/day

77.4 (39.0–113.4)

78.3 (38.5–131.5)

74.1 (44.3–117.9)

0.12

g/kg BW

1.06 (0.63–1.75)

1.09 (0.58–2.27)

1.07 (0.58–2.00)

0.68

E%

15.5 (12.0–21.4)

16.4 (12.0–21.8)

15.1 (11.6–18.5)

0.039

  1. BW body weight, E%, percent of energy intake.
  2. a Data are given as [median (min.-max.)], n = 194.
  3. b Kruskall-Wallis test.
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Nutrition Journal

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