Table 3.
Characteristics of participants included in the studies (n = 4).
| Author | Country | Design | n | Age Group (Years) | Sex | Nutritional Screening Tool | Nutritional Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liu et al., 2020 [46] | China | Retrospective cohort | 141 | 65 to 87 | Women: 73. Men: 68 | NRS-2002-NR: score ≥ 3 (out of a maximum of 6); MNA-sf-NR: score < 12 (out of a maximum of 14); MUST-NR: score ≥ 2 (out of a maximum of 6); NRI-SNR: score < 83.5 and no NR > 100. |
NRS-2002: 120 (85.1%); MNA-sf: 109 (77.3%); MUST: 58 (41.1%); NRI: 101 (60.4%). |
| Li et al., 2020 [44] | China | Cross-sectional | 182 | Average age of 68.5 years old | Women: 117. Man: 65. | MNA: No NR/malnutrition ≥ 24; risk of malnutrition: 17–23.5; malnutrition < 17. |
No nutritional risk/malnutrition: 36 (19.8%); risk of malnutrition: 50 (27.5%); malnutrition: 96 (52.7%). |
| Yuan et al., 2020 [45] | China | Case series | 61 | 65 to 71 | Women: 4. Man: 2. |
GNRI: High NR: score < 82—cut-off point used to diagnose nutritional risk in the study; moderate NR: score from 82 to <92; low NR: score from 92 to ≤98; no risk: score > 98. |
4 (100%). |
| Zhang et al., 2020 [43] | China | Retrospective cohort | 136 | Average age 69 years | Women: 50 (37%) Man: 86 (63%) |
mNUTRIC score. High NR ≥ 5. Low NR < 5. |
High NR: 83 (61.0%). Low NR: 53 (39.0%). |
Abbreviations: GNRI, Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index; MNA, Mini Nutritional Assessment; MNA-sf, Mini Nutritional Assessment-short form; MUST, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; NRI, Nutritional Risk Index; NRS-2002, Nutritional Risk Screening tool 2002; NUTRIC score, modified Nutrition Risk in the Critically ill (mNUTRIC) score; NR, nutritional risk; SNR, severe nutritional risk. 1 For four participants, data on nutritional risk were provided.