Table 2. Nutritional status of the sample according to body mass index, Subjective Global Assessment, and adductor pollicis muscle thickness.
n (%) | |
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APMT | |
Malnourished | 60 (40.0) |
Well-nourished | 90 (60.0) |
BMI | |
Low weight | 24 (16.0) |
Eutrophic | 55 (36.6) |
Excess weight | 71 (74.4) |
SGA | |
Well-nourished | 108 (72.0) |
Moderately malnourished | 11 (7.3) |
Severely malnourished | 31 (20.7) |
APMT: adductor pollicis muscle thickness; BMI: body mass index; SGA: Subjective Global Assessment.