Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression analysis for the presence of malnutrition, ADL disability, and loss of appetite.

	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval	P
Malnutrition
Age, years	0.992	0.932–1.057	.81
Female sex	0.862	0.298–2.495	.78
Protein foods, ≥3 per day	0.979	0.333–2.874	.97
Polypharmacy	4.626	1.523–14.056	<.01
Neuropsychological problems	3.487	1.009–12.050	.05
Psychological stress	6.083	2.116–17.050	<.01
Loss of appetite	1.545	0.267–8.948	.63
Loss of pleasure of eating	3.400	0.917–12.605	.07
ADL disability
Age, years	0.965	1.914–1.019	.20
Female sex	0.742	0.339–2.092	.71
Protein foods, ≥3 per day	1.977	0.785–4.977	.15
Malnutrition	0.954	0.313–2.906	.93
Polypharmacy	2.769	1.070–7.170	.04
Mild dementia	5.922	2.012–17.432	<.01
Psychological stress	1.343	0.471–3.849	.58
Loss of appetite	1.117	0.213–5.849	.90
Loss of pleasure of eating	2.563	0.678–9.692	.17
Loss of appetite
Age, years	1.121	0.9911–1.269	.07
Female sex	0.992	0.201–4.888	.99
Protein foods, ≥3 per day	0.552	0.103–2.958	.49
Malnutrition	1.219	0.191–7.777	.83
Polypharmacy	0.899	0.167–4.851	.90
Psychological stress	0.364	0.047–2.833	.34
Loss of pleasure of eating	11.996	1.907–75.447	<.01
Eating together at least once per day	0.573	0.094–3.509	.55

ADL = activities of daily living.