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Table 4 Relation between nutritional status and laboratory indices and length of hospital stay

From: Malnutrition in patients admitted to the medical wards of the Douala General Hospital: a cross-sectional study

Variables

No malnutrition

Malnutrition

p

N (%)

216 (86.06)

35 (13.94)

/

Hemoglobin level

11 (8.8–12.5)

9.5 (8–10.3)

0.006

C reactive protein

47 (5–98)

48 (5–113)

0.616

Calcemia

82 (76–90)

79 (72.4–89)

0.328

Total white cell count × 103

5.6 (3.82–8.01)

5.21 (3.4–7.9)

0.381

Red cell volume

87 (82.7–91.7)

86 (82–89)

0.248

Albuminemia

30 (24–34)

22 (18–27.2)

<0.0001

Duration of hospital stay

7 (5–11)

9 (7–16)

0.019

  1. Results are expressed as median (interquartile range)