Table 3.
Classification of the risk of malnutrition with the ESPEN criteria and the three screening tools
| Risk of malnutrition |
Total | GC (n=103) | CRC (n=152) | ||||||
| NRS 2002 | MUST | MNA-SF | NRS 2002 | MUST | MNA-SF | NRS 2002 | MUST | MNA-SF | |
| No/low | 47.8% (122/255) |
62.4% (159/255) |
52.2% (133/255) |
47.6% (49/103) |
54.4% (56/103) |
56.3% (58/103) |
48.0% (73/152) |
67.8% (103/152) |
49.3% (75/152) |
| Moderate /high |
52.2% (133/255) |
37.6% (96/255) |
47.8% (122/255) |
52.4% (54/103) |
45.6% (47/103) |
43.7% (45/103) |
52.0% (79/152) |
32.2% (49/152) |
50.7% (77/152) |
CRC, colorectal cancer; ESPEN, European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism; GC, gastric cancer; MNA-SF, Short Form of Mini Nutritional Assessment; MUST, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; NRS 2002, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002.