Table 3.

Binary Logistic Regression of Baseline Nutritional Status and Subsequent Health Services Utilization and Mortality¹, ²

	Variables	Odds Ratio	B	Standard Error	Wald	P value	95% Confidence Interval
ENTIRE SAMPLE
Six Months
Hospitalization	Mini Nutritional Assessment				3.972	.137
	Malnourished	1.544	0.434	.722	0.362	.547	0.375–6.355
	At risk for malnutrition	2.389	0.871	.440	3.911	.048*	1.008–5.661
Emergency Room Visit	Mini Nutritional Assessment				4.557	.102
	Malnourished	0.460	−0.777	.778	0.996	.318	0.100–2.114
	At risk for malnutrition	1.782	0.578	.403	2.055	.152	0.809–3.928
Receipt of Home Health Aide	Mini Nutritional Assessment				2.317	.314
	Malnourished	2.913	1.069	.758	1.989	.158	0.659–12.874
	At risk for malnutrition	1.113	0.107	.564	0.036	.850	0.368–3.363
Mortality	Mini Nutritional Assessment				7.307	.026*
	Malnourished	11.190	2.415	.894	7.291	.007**	1.939–64.587
	At risk for malnutrition	5.630	1.728	.797	4.707	.030*	1.182–26.852
One Year Hospitalization	Mini Nutritional Assessment				2.121	.346
	Malnourished	1.641	0.495	.625	0.627	.428	0.482–5.590
	At risk for malnutrition	1.732	0.549	.384	2.051	.152	0.817–3.674
Emergency Room visit	Mini Nutritional Assessment				1.241	.538
	Malnourished	0.752	−0.286	.620	0.212	.645	0.223–2.535
	At risk for malnutrition	1.335	0.289	.368	0.617	.432	0.649–2.748
Receipt of Home Health Aide	Mini Nutritional Assessment				4.559	.102
	Malnourished	3.884	1.357	.671	4.087	.043*	1.042–14.476
	At risk for malnutrition	1.182	0.167	.496	0.114	.736	0.447–3.122
Mortality	Mini Nutritional Assessment				4.922	.085
	Malnourished	3.924	1.367	.626	4.775	.029*	1.151–13.373
	At risk for malnutrition	2.069	0.727	.475	2.340	.126	0.815–5.252
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE SAMPLE
Six Months
Hospitalization	Mini Nutritional Assessment				6.131	.047*
	Malnourished	6.432	1.861	1.027	3.284	.070	0.859–48.162
	At risk for malnutrition	3.771	1.327	0.593	5.006	.025*	1.179–12.061
One Year Hospitalization	Mini Nutritional Assessment				4.541	.103
	Malnourished	4.491	1.502	.978	2.357	.125	.660–30.563
	At risk for malnutrition	3.114	1.136	.580	3.838	.050*	.999–9.700
Nursing Home Stay	Mini Nutritional Assessment				5.268	.072
	Malnourished	83.868	4.429	2.037	4.727	.030*	1.547–4546.6
	At risk for malnutrition	3.124	1.139	1.545	0.543	.461	.151–64.532

¹All models are adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, living status, education status, Mini-Mental Sate Examination score, and Charlson Comorbidity scores.

²Normal Nutritional Status is the reference for all Mini Nutritional Assessment groups.

^*P<0.05