Table 4 Comparison of nutritional features and blood tests

AA group (n = 15)

W0

W4

change^a

ES

p-value^b

Nutritional features

 Albumin, g/dL

4.0 [3.7 - 4.2]

4.0 [3.9 - 4.3]

0.2 [0.0 - 0.3]

0.50

0.056

 GNRI

97.1 [91.3 - 103.0]

101.3 [94.9 - 103.1]

3.2 [0.1 - 4.8]

0.47

0.073

 CONUT

2 [1 - 3]

0 [0 - 2]

-1[-2 - 0]

0.69

0.004

Blood test

 CRP, mg/dL

0.20 [0.09 - 0.30]

0.10 [0.03 - 0.14]

-0.07 [-0.15 - -0.02]

0.71

0.004

AB group (n = 15)

W0

W4

change^a

ES

p-value^b

p-value^c

Nutritional features

 Albumin, g/dL

4.0 [3.7 - 4.1]

3.8 [3.6 - 4.2]

-0.1 [-0.4 - 0.2]

0.26

0.334

0.041

 GNRI

96.7 [90.8 - 100.0]

95.1 [87.0 - 99.8]

-1.2 [-5.5 -1.0]

0.34

0.208

0.023

 CONUT

1 [0 - 3]

0 [0 - 1]

0 [0 - 0.5]

0.13

0.766

0.008

Blood test

 CRP, mg/dL

0.07 [0.04 - 0.23]

0.09 [0.07 - 0.21]

0.00 [-002 - 0.06]

0.11

0.680

0.015