Table 5.
Characteristics of patients and nutritional, cognitive, and functional performance according to frailty status.
| Low CONUT N = 27 (21.6%) |
High CONUT N = 98 (78.4%) |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 80.1 ± 8.7 | 80.8 ± 8.3 | 0.703 |
| Genre F | 4 (14.8%) | 41 (41.8%) | 0.010 |
| Co-morbidities > 3 | 12 (44.4%) | 50 (51.0%) | 0.545 |
| Haemoglobin, g/dL | 11.6 ± 1.8 | 11.1 ± 1.8 | 0.163 |
| WBCs, n/mm3 | 8600 [6020, 12,380] | 7445 [5075, 11,350] | 0.339 |
| Lymphocytes, n/mm3 | 1370 [860, 1910] | 968 [661, 1318] | 0.012 |
| Glucose, mg/dL | 113 [86, 143] | 110 [82, 147] | 0.993 |
| Albumin, g/dL | 3.3 ± 0.4 | 2.7 ± 0.4 | <0.001 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 176.8 ± 50.7 | 127.3 ± 35.0 | <0.001 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 1.1 [0.7, 1.8] | 1.2 [0.7, 1.5] | 0.938 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 102.5 [76.7, 123.2] | 106.0 [78.0, 144.0] | 0.661 |
| CRP, ng/ml | 16.4 [4.6, 42.7] | 32.3 [12.8, 51.7] | 0.022 |
| BMI, Kg/m2 | 28.8 ± 6.6 | 25.9 ± 4.7 | 0.014 |
| MNA, score | 19.8 ± 4.3 | 18.2 ± 5.1 | 0.184 |
| MMSE, score | 19.2 ± 8.5 | 17.4 ± 9.2 | 0.424 |
| ADL, score | 4 [1, 6] | 4 [1, 6] | 0.372 |
| IADL, score | 2 [1, 4] | 2 [0, 5] | 0.796 |
| Barthel, score | 60 [38, 82] | 55 [25, 90] | 0.997 |
| GDS-SF, score | 4 [2, 8] | 5 [3, 7] | 0.716 |
Data are expressed as mean (±standard deviation), median [interquartile range] or n (percentage) as appropriate. Abbreviation: M, male; F, female; WBCs, white blood cells; CRP, C reactive protein; MNA, mini nutritional assessment; CONUT, controlling nutritional status; MMSE, mini mental state examination; ADL, activity of daily living; IADL, instrumental activity of daily living; GDS-SF, geriatric depression scale short form. p value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant (in bold).