Table 3.
Malnutrition in CKD patients with or without diabetes in different stages (n (%)).
| CKD classification | Stage | n | Different methods for assessing malnutrition | χ 2 | P value | ||
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| GLIM step 2 criteria for diagnosing malnutrition | Low BMI and poor general assessment of malnutrition | NRS2002 nutrition deficiency part reaches 3 points | |||||
| With diabetes | I | 18 | 1 (5.6%) | 1 (5.6%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0.432 | 1 |
| II | 12 | 1 (8.3%) | 1 (8.3%) | 2 (16.6%) | 0.731 | 1 | |
| III | 62 | 10 (16.1%) | 6 (9.7%) | 7 (11.2%) | 1.29 | 0.616 | |
| IV | 55 | 12 (21.8%) | 7 (12.7%) | 8 (14.5%) | 3.83 | 0.171 | |
| Stage V and dialysis | 106 | 36 (33.9%) | 30 (28.3%) | 37 (35%) | 1.24 | 0.567 | |
| Total | 253 | 60 (23.7%) | 45 (17.8%) | 55 (21.7%) | 2.796 | 0.249 | |
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| Without diabetes | I | 39 | 1 (2.8%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.8%) | 1.259 | 1 |
| II | 32 | 1 (3.1%) | 1 (3.1%) | 2 (6.2%) | 0.685 | 1 | |
| III | 129 | 7 (5.4%) | 7 (5.4%) | 10 (7.8%) | 0.8 | 0.775 | |
| IV | 65 | 7 (10.7%) | 6 (9.2%) | 9 (13.8%) | 0.717 | 0.781 | |
| Stage V and dialysis | 165 | 38 (23%) | 33 (20%) | 51 (30.9%) | 5.635 | 0.062 | |
| Total | 430 | 54 (12.6%) | 47 (10.9%) | 73 (17.0%) | 7.03 | 0.03∗ | |
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| Total | 683 | 114 (16.7%) | 92 (13.5%) | 128 (18.7%) | 7.138 | 0.028∗ | |
| χ 2 | 14.260 | 4.424 | 2.372 | ||||
| P value | 0.00∗ | 0.015∗ | 0.129 | ||||
∗ P<0.05 (statistically different).