Table 3.

Comparison of NRS-2002 & GPS among survivals and non-survivals.

Item	Score	Survivals	Non- Survivals	P-Value
NRS-2002
Age score (year)				0.002
<70	0	295 (96.7)	10 (3.3)
≥70	1	84 (88.4)	11 (11.6)
Severity of disease				<0.0001a
Normal nutritional requirements	0	0	0
Hip fracture, chronic patients, in particular with acute complications	1	0	0
Major abdominal surgery, Stroke, Sever pneumonia, Hematological malignancy	2	328 (99.1)	3 (0.9)
Head injury, Bone marrow transplantation, ICU patients	3	51 (73.9)	18 (26.1)
Impaired nutritional status				<0.0001
Normal	0	22 (100.0)	0
Wt loss>5% in 3 months or FI <%50-75	1	70 (93.3)	5 (6.7)
Wt loss>5% in 2 months or BMI 18.5–20.5+ impaired general condition or FI %25-60	2	187 (98.9)	2 (1.1)
Wt loss>5% in 1 months or BMI<18.5+ impaired general condition or FI %0-25	3	100 (87.7)	14 (12.3)
GPS				0.015
CRP≤ 10 mg/l, ALB ≥3.5 g/dl	0	43 (100.0)	0
CRP≥ 10 mg/l, ALB ≥3.5 g/dl or CRP≤ 10 mg/l, ALB ≤3.5 g/dl	1	131 (97.8)	3 (2.2)
CRP≥10 mg/l, ALB ≤3.5 g/dl	2	205 (91.9)	18 (8.1)

P-Value obtained by chi-square test unless indicated.

Abbreviations: Wt, weight loss; FI, food intake.

^aFishers Exact test.