Table 1.
Demographical, clinical, and nutritional characteristics of the study population
| Patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HV | Patients | NDD | Stroke | Elderly | |
| Stroke | Elderly | ||||
| Subjects | 14 | 120 | 10.8% (13) | 55% (66) | 34.2% (41) |
| Sex (men) | 57.1% (8) | 54.2% (65) | 46.2% (6) | 56.1% (37) | 53.7% (22) |
| Age (years) | 30.5 ± 6.1 | 74.4 ± 12.4 | 64.0 ± 19.6 | 73.5 ± 11.4 | 79.6 ± 8.2 |
| Charlson Index | |||||
| 0 | 100% (14) | 10.1% (12) | 17.5% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 38.5% (5) |
| 1–2 | 0% (0) | 31.1% (37) | 40.0% (16) | 25.8% (17) | 30.8% (4) |
| 3–4 | 0% (0) | 37.0% (44) | 35.0% (14) | 39.4% (26) | 30.8% (4) |
| ≥5 | 0% (0) | 21.8% (26) | 7.5% (3) | 34.8% (23) | 0.0% (0) |
| Nutritional status (MNA-SF) | |||||
| Malnourished (0–7) | — | 22.9% (27) | 23.1% (3) | 25.8% (17) | 17.9% (7) |
| At risk (8–11) | 48.3% (57) | 38.5% (5) | 53.0% (35) | 43.6% (17) | |
| Well nourished (12–14) | 28.8% (34) | 38.5% (5) | 21.2% (14) | 38.5% (15) | |
HV, Healthy volunteers; NDD, neurodegenerative disease; MNA-SF, Mini Nutritional Assessment short form.