Nutritional intake	Health‐related quality of life/patient satisfaction	Mortality	Morbidity/complications	Nutritional status
Barton 2000	Energy intake (kcal), protein intake (g), food wastage (%)	‐	‐	‐	‐
Beck 2002	Energy intake (MJ)	‐	‐	‐	Weight (kg)
Bouillanne 2013	‐	‐	Yes	Infections	Body composition
Bourdel‐Marchasson 2000	Energy intake (kcal), protein intake (g)	‐	Yes	‐	‐
Brouillette 1991	Energy intake (kcal), % food consumed	‐	Yes	‐	‐
Castellanos 2009	Energy intake (kcal), protein intake (g)	‐		‐	‐
Chang 2005	% meal eaten	‐	‐	‐	‐
Dennis 2005	‐	Quality of life (EUROQoL)	Yes	Incidence of pneumonia, UTI and pressure sores	‐
Duncan 2006	Dietary intake records on day 3‐6	‐	‐	Records of medical and surgical complications	Weight, MAMC, TSF, HGS
Essed 2007	Energy intake (kJ), protein, fat and CHO (g)	‐	‐	‐	Weight (kg), BMI, body composition
Essed 2009	Energy intake (kJ)	‐	‐	‐	‐
Faxen‐Irving 2011	Energy intake (kcal/kg body weight/day)	‐	Yes	‐	Weight, appetite, BMI
Gaskill 2009	SGA	‐	‐	‐	‐
Germain 2006	Dietary intake, energy (kcal), other nutrients (g/mg)	‐	Yes	‐	Weight, BMI
Hankey 1993	Energy intake (kj/24hours), protein intake (g/24hours)	‐	‐	‐	Weight, TSF, MAC, AMC, serum albumin
Hickson 2004	Energy intake (J), protein (g)	EQ‐5D	Yes	Antibiotics prescribed (N), days on antibiotics	Weight, BMI, MAC, TSF, MAMC,
Holyday 2012	‐	‐	Yes	‐	Weight
Johansen 2004	Energy intake (kJ/kg and % requirements), protein intake (g/kg and % requirements)	SF‐36	Yes	Infectious and other complications graded into major and minor (using Buzby et al 1988 and CDC definitions)	Weight change (kg)
Kraft 2012	_	‐	‐	‐	Weight change (kg)
Kretser 2003	‐	‐	Yes	‐	Weight, weight change (lb)
Larsson 1990	Encompassed in the Modified Norton Scale	‐	Yes	‐	Weight index, TSF, MAC, AMC
Leslie 2012	Dietary intake, 3 day weighed records	‐	Yes	‐	Weight change, change in BMI & MUAC
Lin 2010	Eating amount (unit unclear)	‐	No	‐	MNA and BMI
Lin 2011	‐	‐	No	‐	MNA and BMI
Mathey 2001a	Macro‐ and micronutrient intakes	SIP, PGCMS	Yes	No	Weight
Mathey 2001b	Energy intake	_	No	no	Weight
Munk 2014	Percent of participants meeting > 75% of their energy and protein requirements. Mean daily energy and protein intake	‐	Yes	‐	Weight
Nijs 2006	Energy intake (kcal), macronutrient (g)	Dutch QOL nursing home residents questionnaire	Yes	‐	Weight (kg, calf circumference (cm), MAC (cm), MNA score
Olofsson 2007	‐	‐	Yes	Infectious and non‐infectious complications during hospital stay	Weight, BMI, MNA
Pivi 2011	‐	‐	Yes	‐	Weight, BMI, MAC, MAMC, TSF
Potter 2001	Total energy intake (kcal)	‐	Yes	‐	Weight, AMC, TSF, BMI
Remsburg 2001	‐	‐	Yes	‐	Weight (kg)
Salva 2011	‐	‐	Yes	‐	Weight (kg), BMI, MNA
Silver 2008	Total energy (kcal), energy density (kcal/g), macronutrient's (g), micronutrients	‐	‐	‐	‐
Simmons 2008	Total energy (kcal)	‐	‐	‐	Weight (lb), BMI
Simmons 2010	Energy intake (kcal)	‐	Yes	‐	Weight (lb)
Smolliner 2008	Energy (kcal and kcal/kg body weight), protein (g and g/kg body weight)	‐	Yes	‐	Weight, BMI, MNA score, fat‐free mass
Splett 2003	‐	‐	Yes	‐	Weight
Taylor 2006	Energy intake (kcal/day), fluid intake (mL/day)	‐	‐	‐	‐
Van den Berg 2015	Energy intake from ONS (kcal/day)	‐	Yes
Van Ort	‐	‐	‐	‐	Weight
ADL: activities of daily living; AMC: arm muscle circumference; BMI: body mass index; CDC: Centre for Disease Control; CDR: clinical dementia rating scale; CHO: carbohydrate; d: day; EQ‐5D/EuroQol: European Quality of Life Scale; HGS: handgrip strength; iADL: instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MAC: mid‐arm circumference; MAMC: mid‐arm muscle circumference; MJ: mega joules; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; MNA: Mini Nutritional Assessment; NPIQ: Neuropyschiatric Inventory Question; PGCMS: Philadelphia Geriatric Centre Morale Scale; QOL: quality of life; RUD: reduction in use of health and social care scale; SF‐36: Short Form ‐ 36; SGA: subjective global assessment; SIP: sickness impact profile; TSF: triceps skinfold thickness