Table 3: Comparison of body weight, clinical laboratory data, and Functional Independence Measure (FIM) score at admission and dis charge.
| Variables | Switching group (n = 17) | Continuation group (n = 47) |
| at admission | at discharge | p value | at admission | at discharge | p value |
| Body weight (kg) | 53.5 ± 10.7 | 52.0 ± 11.7 | 0.014 | 49.1 ± 10.6 | 45.8 ± 10.0 | <0.0001 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 36.1 ± 24.5 | 19.2 ± 13.8 | 0.057 | 32.7 ± 32.4 | 31.6 ± 65.5 | 0.911 |
| AST (IU/L) | 27.6 ± 11.5 | 17.8 ± 5.1 | 0.003 | 28.4 ± 16.0 | 33.4 ± 75.6 | 0.649 |
| Scr (mg/mL) | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 0.791 | 0.7 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.9 | 0.739 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) | 70.0 ± 26.1 | 74.2 ± 23.4 | 0.579 | 75.6 ± 24.3 | 73.4 ± 25.2 | 0.708 |
| CRP (mg/dL) | 3.4 ± 4.3 | 1.1 ± 1.6 | 0.049 | 1.7 ± 1.9 | 4.2 ± 7.5 | 0.015 |
| WBC (/μL) | 7729 ± 2908 | 5076 ± 1568 | 0.0004 | 7571 ± 2691 | 9341 ± 6651 | 0.114 |
| Alb (g/dL) | 3.4 ± 0.4 | 3.6 ± 0.6 | 0.145 | 3.3 ± 0.5 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 0.484 |
| TC (mg/dL) | 191.2 ± 41.5 | 175.9 ± 38.7 | 0.511 | 175.5 ± 42.8 | 169.4 ± 41.0 | 0.657 |
| FIM-T Score | 25.6 ± 10.2 | 52.3 ± 32.4 | <0.0001 | 24.5 ± 14.3 | 29.0 ± 18.9 | <.0001 |
| FIM-M Score | 17.9 ± 10.9 | 39.6 ± 25.3 | <0.0001 | 14.7 ± 7.2 | 20.4 ± 14.9 | 0.0001 |
| FIM-C Score | 10.5 ± 6.0 | 18.9 ± 12.7 | 0.0002 | 8.4 ± 5.4 | 9.9 ± 6.3 | 0.026 |
| mean ± S.D. |