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. 2018 Apr 30;31(2):175–183. doi: 10.1007/s40520-018-0957-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of the nursing home and community dwelling study populations

Parameter Nursing home (n = 2480) Community dwelling (n = 819) p value
Age (years) mean ± SD 86.3 ± 6.2 82.7 ± 6.1 < 0.001
Sex (% male/female) 22/78 32/68 < 0.001
Presence of comorbidities
 Cancer 171 (7%) 87 (11%) 0.001
 Chronic heart failure 285 (12%) 113 (14%) 0.079
 COPD 141 (6%) 50 (6%) 0.656
 Dementia 1074 (43%) 113 (14%) < 0.001
 Depression 367 (15%) 47 (6%) < 0.001
 Diabetes 440 (18%) 163 (20%) 0.165
 Fractures 313 (13%) 63 (8%) < 0.001
 Parkinson 140 (6%) 37 (5%) 0.214
 Rheumatoid arthritis 122 (5%) 116(14%) < 0.001
 Stroke 284 (12%) 59 (7%) 0.001
Number of comorbidities mean ± SD 1.5 ± 1.1 1.1 ± 0.98 < 0.001
 0 407 (16%) 208 (25%)
 1 1035 (42%) 391 (48%)
 2 647 (26%) 147 (18%)
 3 282 (11%) 55 (7%)
 4 85 (3%) 10 (1%)
 5 18 (0.7%) 7 (0.9%)
 6 6 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%)
BMI (kg/m2) ± SD 24.3 ± 5.4 26.3 ± 5.3 < 0.001
Nutritional status (MNA-SF) < 0.001
 % malnourished 336 (14%) 56 (7%)
 % at risk of malnutrition 1214 (49%) 241 (29%)
 % normal 907 (37%) 519 (63%)
Weight loss last 3 months < 0.001
 No weight loss 1541 (62%) 601 (73%)
 1–3 kg 474 (19%) 88 (11%)
 3–6 kg 143 (6%) 37 (5%)
 > 6 kg 47 (2%) 28 (3%)
 Unknown 275 (11%) 65 (8%)
Use of ONS 204 (8%) 14 (2%) < 0.001
Being able to climb stairs 391 (16%) 268 (33%) < 0.001
Being able to walk outside for 5 min 853 (34%) 425 (52%) < 0.001
Katz ADL score < 0.001
 Cat O 460 (19%) 228 (28%)
 Cat A 346 (14%) 214 (26%)
 Cat B 242 (10%) 188 (23%)
 Cat C 327 (13%) 129 (16%)
 Cat D (D = demented) 242 (10%) 5 (0.6%)
 Cat C_D (fully dependent) 863 (35%) 55 (7%)

Data are presented as n (%), except for age, sex, number of comorbidities, and BMI. Participants had no more than 6 comorbidities. Nutritional status was missing in n = 26 (CD: n = 3, NH: n = 23)

ADL activities of daily living, BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MNA-SF mini nutritional assessment—short form, ONS oral nutritional supplement