Table 5.
Nutrition risk screening comparison between the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and Royal Free Hospital-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool (RFH-NPT) based on Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores
(Numbers)
MELD score | RFH-NPT | NRS-2002 | Total | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low risk | High risk | ||||
<15 | Low risk | 50 | 4 | 54 | 0·012 |
High risk | 16 | 48 | 64 | ||
Total | 66 | 52 | 118 | ||
≥15 | Low risk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0·065 |
High risk | 9 | 25 | 34 | ||
Total | 10 | 27 | 37 |