Table 2.
Prevalence of malnutrition and malnutrition risk according to GLIM Criteria and six different nutritional screening tools
| Nutritional screening tools | Malnutrition/Malnutrition Risk | % (n) |
|---|---|---|
| GLIM criteria | Malnutrition | 22.0 (147) |
| Non-malnutrition | 78.0 (522) | |
| Phenotypic criteria | Involuntary body weight loss | 26.8 (179) |
| Low BMI | 10.0 (67) | |
| Reduced muscle mass | 6.0 (40) | |
| Etiologic criteria | Reduced food intake or malabsorptive disorder | 28.1 (188) |
| Disease burden/inflammation | 21.4 (143) | |
| MST | At risk | 29.9 (200) |
| No risk | 70.1 (469) | |
| MUST | Medium–high risk | 29.6 (198) |
| Low risk | 70.4 (471) | |
| SNAQ | At risk | 30.2 (202) |
| No risk | 69.8 (467) | |
| MNA-SF | Malnutrition + At risk | 50.1 (335) |
| No risk | 49.9 (334) | |
| NRS-2002 | At risk | 24.8 (166) |
| No risk | 75.2 (503) | |
| GMS | At risk | 42.6 (285) |
| No risk | 57.4 (384) |
GLIM Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition. MST Malnutrition Screening Tool. MUST Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool. SNAQ Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire. MNA-SF Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form. NRS-2002 Nutritional Risk Screening-2002. GMS Graz Malnutrition Screening Tool