Table 4. Subgroup analysis of study population according to MNA and anthropometric measurements .
Values are given in terms of n (%)
| Variables | Malnourished 74 (37.9) | At the risk of malnourishment 112 (57.4) | Normal 9 (4.6) | p-value | |
| Gender | Male | 6 (66.7) | 71 (63.4) | 50 (67.6) | 0.839 |
| Female | 3 (33.3) | 41(36.6) | 24 (32.4) | ||
| Age | ≤ 35 years | 1 (11.1) | 22 (19.6) | 14 (18.9) | 0.004 |
| 36-50 years | 2 (22.2) | 24 (41.1) | 26 (35.1) | ||
| 51-65 years | 1 (11.1) | 46 (41.1) | 29 (39.2) | ||
| > 65 years | 5 (55.6) | 20 (17.9) | 5 (6.5) | ||
| Occupation | No job | 2 (22.2) | 20 (17.9) | 13 (17.6) | 0.202 |
| House wife | 1 (11.1) | 35 (23.2) | 21 (28.4) | ||
| Retired | 3 (33.3) | 26 (23.2) | 8 (10.8) | ||
| Business | 3 (33.3) | 21(18.8) | 20 (27) | ||
| On job | 0 | 10 (8.9) | 12 (16.2) | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | Yes | 2 (22.2) | 48 (42.9) | 25 (33.8) | 0.272 |
| No | 7 (77.8) | 64 (57.1) | 49 (66.2) | ||
| Lives independently | Yes | 9 (100) | 110 (98.2) | 73 (98.6) | 0.999 |
| No | 0 | 2(1.8) | 1(1.4) | ||
| Socioeconomic status | Lower | 1 (11.1) | 21(18.8) | 13 (17.6) | 0.973 |
| Middle | 5 (55.6) | 63 (56.3) | 42 (56.8) | ||
| Upper | 3 (33.3) | 28 (25) | 19 (25.7) | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | Yes | 2 (22.2) | 48 (42.9) | 25 (33.8) | 0.272 |
| No | 7 (77.8) | 64 (57.1) | 49 (66.2) | ||
| Body mass index (BMI) | < 19 | 5 (55.6) | 23 (20.5) | 3 (4.1) | <0.001 |
| 19-20.9 | 1 (11.1) | 12 (10.7) | 3 (4.1) | ||
| 21-22.9 | 1 (11.1) | 26 (23.2) | 16 (21.6) | ||
| ≥ 23 | 2 (22.2) | 51 (45.5) | 52 (70.3) | ||
| Mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC) | < 90 | 6 (66.9) | 43 (38.4) | 18 (24.3) | 0.016 |
| ≥ 90 | 3 (33.3) | 69 (61.6) | 56 (75.7) | ||
| Mid-arm circumference (MAC) | < 21 | 0 | 2 (1.8) | 0 | 0.036 |
| 21 - 22.9 | 2 (22.2) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (1.4) | ||
| ≥ 22 | 7 (77.8) | 108 (96.4) | 73 (98.6) | ||
| Calf circumference (CC) | < 31 | 7 (77.8) | 78 (69.6) | 31 (41.9) | <0.001 |
| ≥ 31 | 2 (22.2) | 34 (30.4) | 43 (58.1) | ||