Table 2.
Overview on common screening tools for malnutrition and its reported prevalence depending on study and screening tool.
| Antoun et al. | Schiesser et al. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malnutrition | Weight loss | BMI (kg/m2) | SGA | Albumin (g/L) | NRI | NRS (2002)** | PA | NRI |
| None | — (29%)1 | 18.5–25 (50%)1 | A (66%)1 | >35 | >97.5 (59%)1 | Score 0 | >6° (71%)2 | >97.5 (85%)2 |
| Mild | <10% (39%)1 | <18.5 (8%)1 | B (22%)1 | <35 (24%)1 | 84–97.5 (32%)1 | Score 1 (89%)2 | <6° (28%)2 | 84–97.5 (13%)2 |
| Moderate | Score 2 (8.5%)2 | |||||||
| Severe | ≥10% (20.5%)1 | <16 (2%)1 | C (12%)1 | <30 (8%)1 | <84 (9%)1 | Score 3 (2.5%)2 | <84 (2%)2 | |
BMI: body mas index (kg/m2); SGA: subjective global assessment (weight, food intake, symptoms, and activities); NRI: nutritional risk index (recent weight loss, serum albumin); NRS (2002): nutritional risk screening score (Table 2); PA: phase angle (reactance and resistance from bioimpedance analysis).
1Antoun et al. [18] (prevalence %).
2Schiesser et al. [23] (prevalence %).
**Nutrition status score only.