showed a trendp = 0.080
Cardiac specialty was a significant predictor (OR = 6.85; 95% CI: 2.06–22.78; p = 0.001), NECPAL stage III ( p = 0.013), PPS < 50 ( p = 0.001), low Barthel Index ( p = 0.007), nutritional follow-up (OR = 3.91; 95% CI: 1.29–11.86; p = 0.022), protein supplementation showed a trend toward statistical significance (OR = 2.55 (0.93–6.96); p = 0.080.