Table 4.

Nutritional status of the geriatric patients according to food intake and mobility (n=152).

Variable	Normal nutrition, n=94	Malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, n=58	P
Food intake, n (%)
Decrease in food intake	9 (9.6)	33 (56.9)	<.001
No decrease in food intake	85 (90.4)	25 (43.1)
Mobility and walking ability, n (%)
Walk without assistance	77 (81.9)	37 (63.8)
Walk with assistance	10 (10.6)	9 (15.5)	.026
Using wheelchair or bed bound	7 (7.4)	12 (20.7)
Weight loss in the past 3 months, n (%)
Yes	6 (6.4)	22 (37.9)
No	73 (77.6)	11 (19.0)	<.001
Don’t know	15 (16.0)	25 (43.1)

Chi-square test for all comparisons.