Table 1.
Prevalence of Malnutrition in Latin America.
| Study | Population | Prevalence of Malnutrition |
|---|---|---|
| Waitzberg et al (2001)15 | Cross-sectional, multicenter study of adult patients in Brazilian hospitals in the public healthcare system, n = 4000 | 48.1% by SGA |
| Correia and Campos (2003)3 | Cross-sectional, multicenter study of adult patients in hospitals of 13 Latin American countries, n = 9348 | 50.2% by SGA |
| Wyszynski et al (2003)8 | Study of adult patients in 38 hospitals of Argentina, n = 1000 | 47% by SGA |
| Baccaro and Sanchez (2009)13 | Study of adult male patients in the internal medicine service of an Argentina hospital, n = 152 | 48.7% by SGA |
| Lara-Pulido and Guevara-Cruz (2012)17 | Patients ≥65 years of age hospitalized in Mexico, n = 769 | 53.6% by MNA-SF |
| Veramendi-Espinoza et al (2013)14 | Cross-sectional study of adult patients in surgery and medicine wards of a Peruvian general hospital, n = 211 | 46.9% |
| Gallegos Espinosa et al (2014)16 | Cross-sectional, multicenter study of adult patients in hospitals of Ecuador, n = 5355 | 37.1% by SGA |