Table 5.

OR for annual healthcare utilization in propensity score-matched MNG and NNG adjusted for age, gender, ethnoracial identity, and 26 disease conditions

Variable	OR* (99.9% CI)
Acute inpatient covered days per year	3.08 (2.87 to 3.30)
Other inpatient covered days per year	2.07 (1.93 to 2.23)
Skilled nursing facility covered days per year	1.86 (1.74 to 1.99)
Hospice covered days per year	1.23 (1.15 to 1.32)
Acute inpatient stays per year	2.50 (2.33 to 2.67)
Other inpatient stays per year	2.08 (1.94 to 2.24)
Skilled nursing facility stays per year	1.97 (1.84 to 2.10)
Hospice stays per year	1.32 (1.23 to 1.41)
Hospital readmissions per year	1.76 (1.65 to 1.88)

All P<0.0001.

*Odds of greater number in MNG over odds of greater number in NNG.

MNG, malnourished group at time zero; NNG, normo-nourished group at time zero.