Table 2.
Patients’ Nutritional Risk as Assessed Using the Three Nutritional Indicators.
| Limb | Nutritional risk | n (%) | QMT at admission (cm) | QMT after 2 weeks (cm) | Change in QMT (cm) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | P value | Median (IQR) | P value | Median (IQR) | P value | |||
| Paralytic | GNRI | |||||||
| High risk (<92) | 20 (17.0) | 1.80 [1.16, 2.33] | <0.0011 | 1.44 [1.31, 2.00] | <0.0011 | −0.17 [−0.46, 0.03] | 0.5611 | |
| Low risk (≥92) | 98 (83.0) | 2.74 [2.27, 3.23] | 2.49 [2.04, 2.98] | −0.24 [−0.50, 0.02] | ||||
| CONUT | ||||||||
| High risk (5-12) | 11 (9.3) | 1.85 [1.67, 2.34] | 0.0171 | 1.88 [1.45, 2.15] | 0.0041 | −0.28 [−0.46, 0.08] | 0.8531 | |
| Low risk (0-4) | 107 (90.4) | 2.71 [2.22, 3.21] | 2.42 [1.95, 2.90] | −0.42 [1.95, 2.90] | ||||
| MNA-SF | ||||||||
| Malnourished (0-7) | 48 (40.7) | 2.30 [1.83, 2.86]*3,**4 | <0.001 2 | 2.03 [1.46, 2.42]**3,**4 | <0.0012 | −0.33 [−0.58, 0.04] | 0.1812 | |
| At risk of malnutrition (8-11) | 60 (50.8) | 2.75 [2.29, 3.18] | 2.59 [2.00, 3.01] | −0.18 [−0.44, 0.09] | ||||
| Normal nutritional status (12-14) | 10 (8.5) | 3.32 [2.69, 3.72] | 3.16 [2.51, 3.48] | −0.16 [2.51, 3.48] | ||||
| Non-paralytic | GNRI | |||||||
| High risk | ― | 1.89 [1.37, 2.52] | <0.0011 | 1.77 [1.39, 2.01] | <0.0011 | −0.12 [−0.33, 0.08] | 0.6241 | |
| Low risk | ― | 2.74 [2.37, 3.27] | 2.61 [2.13, 3.14] | −0.17 [−0.39, 0.03] | ||||
| CONUT | ||||||||
| High risk | ― | 2.08 [1.52, 2.80] | 0.0141 | 1.78 [1.60, 2.01] | 0.004 1 | −0.04 [−0.56, 0.08] | 0.8351 | |
| Low risk | ― | 2.65 [2.24, 3.27] | 2.52 [2.03, 3.02] | −0.17 [−0.38, 0.03] | ||||
| MNA-SF | ||||||||
| Malnourished At risk of malnutrition | ― | 2.42 [1.79, 3.00]**4 | 0.003 2 | 1.97 [1.60, 2.75] **3,**4 | <0.001 2 | −0.25 [−0.45, −0.08]*3 | 0.0072 | |
| ― | 2.73 [2.39, 3.22] | 2.61 [2.22, 3.22] | −0.08 [−0.36, 0.12] | |||||
| Normal nutritional status | ― | 3.45 [2.64, 3.76] | 3.20 [2.52, 3.90] | −0.03 [−0.32, 0.16] | ||||
1 Mann-Whitney U-test; 2 Kruskal-Wallis test; 3 Significant differences compared with at risk of malnutrition by Steel-Dwass test; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; 4 Significant differences compared with normal nutritional status by Steel-Dwass test; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. CONUT, Controlling Nutritional Status; QMT, quadriceps muscle thickness; GNRI, Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index; IQR, interquartile range; MNA-SF, Mini Nutritional Assessment - Short Form