Table 2.
Characteristics and anthropometric data stratified by nutritional status of all the patients
| ESPEN criteria | NRS 2002 | MUST | MNA-SF | |||||||||
| Not malnourished (n=204) |
Malnourished (n=51) |
P value | No or low risk (n=122) |
High risk (n=133) |
P value | Low risk (n=159) |
Moderate /high risk (n=96) |
P value | No risk (n=133) |
Risk of malnutrition (n=122) | P value | |
| Age* (years) | 76.3±4.8 | 77.4±4.9 | 0.148 | 75.9±4.5 | 77.0±5.0 | 0.059 | 76.1±4.6 | 77.1±5.1 | 0.097 | 76.0±4.6 | 77.0±5.0 | 0.102 |
| Sex† | ||||||||||||
| Male | 124 (60.8%) | 36 (70.6%) | 0.195 | 73 (59.8%) | 87 (65.4%) | 0.357 | 101 (63.5%) | 59 (61.5%) | 0.741 | 90 (67.7%) | 70 (57.4%) | 0.089 |
| Female | 80 (39.2%) | 15 (29.4%) | 49 (40.2%) | 46 (34.6%) | 58 (36.5%) | 37 (38.5%) | 43 (32.3%) | 52 (42.6%) | ||||
| Height* (m) | 1.60±0.08 | 1.63±0.08 | 0.046‡ | 1.60±0.08 | 1.61±0.09 | 0.155 | 1.60±0.08 | 1.61±0.09 | 0.511 | 1.61±0.08 | 1.60±0.08 | 0.112 |
| Weight* (kg) | 61.55±10.00 | 49.80±8.17 | <0.001‡ | 60.23±10.04 | 58.26±11.29 | 0.142 | 62.46±9.55 | 53.80±10.45 | <0.001‡ | 63.32±9.56 | 54.72±10.16 | <0.001‡ |
| BMI* (kg/m2) | 23.98±3.01 | 18.76±2.20 | <0.001‡ | 23.56±3.27 | 22.36±3.70 | 0.006‡ | 24.28±2.95 | 20.71±3.34 | <0.001‡ | 24.30±2.98 | 21.45±3.52 | <0.001‡ |
| BMI† (<18.5 kg/m2) | 1 (0.5%) | 25 (49.0%) | <0.001‡ | 4 (3.3%) | 22 (16.5%) | 0.001‡ | 1 (0.6%) | 25 (26.0%) | <0.001‡ | 1 (0.8%) | 25 (20.5%) | <0.001‡ |
| Weight loss† (>5% in 3 months or >10% in indefinite time) | 34 (16.7%) | 40 (78.4%) | <0.001‡ | 4 (3.3%) | 70 (52.6%) | <0.001‡ | 14 (8.8%) | 60 (62.5%) | <0.001‡ | 4 (3.0%) | 70 (57.4%) | <0.001‡ |
P values were determined with the use of independent t-test and Pearson’s χ2 test (or Fisher’s exact test, where appropriate).
*Values expressed as mean ±SD.
†Values expressed as frequencies and percentages.
‡Statistical significance (p≤0.05).
BMI, body mass index; ESPEN, European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism; MNA-SF, Short Form of Mini Nutritional Assessment; MUST, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; NRS 2002, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002.