| APACHE II | Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II |
| AIC | Akaike information criterion |
| aOR | Adjusted odds ratio |
| AUC | Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve |
| BIA | Bioelectrical impedance analysis |
| BIVA | Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CONUT | Controlling Nutritional Status |
| CSA | Cross-sectional area |
| GLIM | Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| mNUTRIC | Modified Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill |
| NPV | Negative predictive value |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PhA | Phase angle |
| PPV | Positive predictive value |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic |
| SARC-F | Strength, Assistance with walking, Rise from a chair, Climb stairs, and Falls |
| Se | Sensitivity |
| SOFA | Sequential Organ Failure Assessment |
| Sp | Specificity |
| TRIPOD | Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis |