Table 2.

Frequency (percentage) of hip fracture patients (n = 71) presenting above or below each diagnostic parameter for geriatric cachexia

Diagnostic parameters	Above diagnostic criteria (n, %)	Below diagnostic criteria (n, %)
BMI ≤22 kg m2	61 (85.9 %)	10 (14.1 %)
ASM index (kg m2): ≤7.25 men; ≤5.45 womena	49 (69 %)	22 (31 %)
Isometric grip-strength: ≤27.3kg men; ≤16.3 kg womenb	31 (43.7 %)	40 (56.3 %)
Dietary energy intake ≤70 % estimated energy requirementsa	42 (59.2 %)	29 (40.8 %)
SNAQ score ≤14c	21 (29.6 %)	50 (70.4 %)
MUAMC: ≤23.49 cm men; ≤20.84 womenb (n = 142)	39 (54.9 %)	32 (45.1 %)

BMI body mass index, ASM appendicular skeletal muscle, SNAQ Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire, MUAMC mid-upper arm muscle circumference

^aDiagnostic cut-offs from the proposed diagnostic algorithm for cachexia were derived from Evans et al. [18]

^bScreening tool diagnostic criteria cut-offs for isometric hand-grip strength and MUAMC were obtained from wave 1 of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA) [35]

^cA score ≤14 for SNAQ identifies persons with anorexia at risk of significant weight loss of at least 5 % within 6 months [38]