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Table 4 Percentage of protein ingested in the morning, at noon and in the evening in three frailty groups [median (min.-max.)]

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)

P a

% morning

17.4 (2.8–47.4)

14.9 (0.0–43.1)

11.9 (0.0–29.8)

0.012

% noon

55.3 (16.9–79.9)

60.8 (0.0–83.0)

61.4 (31.6–84.5)

0.041

% evening

24.3 (0.2–39.2)

25.4 (0.4–70.5)

23.6 (7.3–55.4)

0.944

  1. a Kruskall-Wallis test.