| Total | AHF | NGF | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
Numbers no. (%) | 169 | 39 (23) | 130 (77) | Â |
Sex (Male) no. (%) | 56 (33) | 10 (26) | 46 (35) | 0.257 |
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 85.9 ± 7.5 | 86.7 ± 6.8 | 85.7 ± 7.7 | 0.458 |
Barthel index (< 10) no. (%) | 129 (76) | 21 (54) | 108 (83) | <.001 |
Caregiver no. (%) | 95 (56) | 19 (49) | 76 (59) | 0.282 |
Diagnosis | ||||
 Alzheimer’s disease no. (%) | 24 (14) | 3 (8) | 21 (16) |  |
 Vascular dementia no. (%) | 32 (19) | 9 (23) | 23 (18) |  |
 Others no. (%) | 113 (67) | 27 (69) | 86 (66) |  |
Pressure sores no. (%) | 27 (16) | 6 (15) | 21 (16) | 0.908 |
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD) | 21.7 ± 3.6 | 22.7 ± 3.3 | 21.4 ± 3.6 | 0.042 |
MNA-SF (mean ± SD) | 9.3 ± 2.7 | 9.9 ± 2.5 | 9.1 ± 2.7 | 0.103 |
Norton scale (mean ± SD) | 10.1 ± 2.1 | 10.7 ± 3.1 | 10.0 ± 1.6 | 0.161 |
Serum albumin (g/dL, mean ± SD) | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 3.7 ± 0.6 | 0.045 |
Hb (g/dL, mean ± SD) | 11.0 ± 1.7 | 11.0 ± 1.9 | 11.0 ± 1.6 | 0.942 |
WBC (103/μL, mean ± SD) | 10.4 ± 3.9 | 9.8 ± 3.1 | 10.6 ± 4.0 | 0.296 |