Table 4.
Parameter estimates from the multivariate logistic regression model fitted to the dietary patterns.
| Parameter Estimates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poorer diet vs. Better diet | 95% Wald Confidence interval for Exp(B) | Hypothesis Test | |||||
| Parameter | B | Exp(B) | Lower | Upper | Wald Chi-Square | Df | Sig. |
| Female vs. Male | 1.165 | 3.205 | 1.416 | 7.253 | 7.808 | 1 | 0.005 |
| Regular diet vs. Mix diet | −1.541 | 0.214 | 0.090 | 0.508 | 12.245 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Puréed diet vs. Mix diet | −1.079 | 0.340 | 0.100 | 1.153 | 3.000 | 1 | 0.083 |
| MNA-SF Normal vs. Malnourished | −1.045 | 0.352 | 0.111 | 1.113 | 3.161 | 1 | 0.075 |
| MNA-SF At risk vs. Malnourished | −0.276 | 0.759 | 0.271 | 2.123 | 0.276 | 1 | 0.599 |
| Sarcopenia vs. No sarcopenia | 1.026 | 2.790 | 1.394 | 5.584 | 8.401 | 1 | 0.004 |
Note: Age was not a significant factor and did not improve the goodness of fit of the model (p > 0.1). MNA-SF: Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form.