Table 7.

The relationship between malnutrition and functional status

	No risk of malnutrition (n = 27)	Low risk of malnutrition (n = 56)	High risk of malnutrition (n = 69)	p-value
Ability to ambulate
Yes [n (%)]	5 (18.5)	13 (23.2)	29 (42.0)	0.013*
Sometimes [n (%)]	0 (0.0)	6 (10.7)	2 (2.9)
No [n (%)]	22 (81.5)	37 (66.1)	38 (55.1)
Ability to transfer
Yes [n (%)]	6 (22.2)	16 (28.6)	31 (44.9)	0.057
Sometimes [n (%)]	0 (0.0)	5 (8.9)	4 (5.8)
No [n (%)]	21 (77.8)	35 (62.5)	34 (49.3)
Ability to do daily activities
Yes [n (%)]	6 (22.2)	20 (35.7)	34 (49.3)	0.055
Sometimes [n (%)]	3 (11.1)	5 (8.9)	10 (14.5)
No [n (%)]	18 (66.7)	31 (55.4)	25 (36.2)

*Significant at p-value < 0.05 using person chi-square test