TABLE 3.

Odds ratios for incident geriatric syndrome, discharge location, and 3-months mortality according to nutritional status assessed by albumin.

	Model 1*	Model 2†	Model 3‡
Geriatric syndrome
Normal (reference)	Reference	Reference	Reference
Risk of malnutrition	1.749 (0.884–3.460) P = 0.108	1.014 (0.969–1.061) P = 0.553	1.713 (0.853–3.440) P = 0.130
Malnutrition	1.964 (1.046–3.689) P = 0.036	1.657 (0.872–3.148) P = 0.123	1.753 (0.899–3.419) P = 0.099
Discharge to nursing home or long-term care hospital
Normal (reference)	Reference	Reference	Reference
Risk of malnutrition	1.652 (0.743–3.675) P = 0.218	1.601 (0.718–3.573) P = 0.250	1.751 (0.771–3.77) P = 0.181
Malnutrition	2.630 (1.267–5.457) P = 0.009	2.065 (0.978–4.362) P = 0.057	2.164 (0.993–4.715) P = 0.052
3-months mortality
Normal (reference)	Reference	Reference	Reference
Risk of malnutrition	1.599 (0.552–4.403) P = 0.402	1.379 (0.481–3.952) P = 0.549	1.443 (0.484–4.306) P = 0.511
Malnutrition	4.338 (1.694–11.113) P = 0.002	4.006 (1.556–10.317) P = 0.004	3.848 (1.465–10.105) P = 0.006

Data are presented as odds ratio (95% confidence interval).

*Adjusted by age, sex, body mass index.

^†Adjusted by age, sex, body mass index and admission site.

^‡Adjusted by age, sex, body mass index, admission site, CCI, hemoglobin and creatinine.

Values in bold and italic indicate statistical significance.