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Table 1: General characteristics and body measures of the study
participants.
All participants NRS-2002
P
increased low
nutritional risk nutritional risk
N = 67 N = 39 N = 28
zdravje starostnikov | health of the elderly 128 Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) .103b .742c
Age (years) 77.4 (7.9) 79.5 (7.8) 74.4 (7.3) 0.009a
≥ 65 and < 70 n (%) n (%) n (%)
≥ 70 14 (21) 5 (13) 9 (64)
53 (79) 34 (87) 19 (36)
Gender
female n (%) n (%)
male n (%) 17 (71) 7 (29)
24 (36 %) 22 (51) 21 (49)
43 (64 %) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
BMI (kg/m2) 27.4 (4.7) 29.9 (3.5)
WHO classification Mean (SD) n (%) n (%) .024a
< 18.50 28.4 (4.4)
18.50–24.99 / /
25.00–29.99 n (%) 11 (28) 1 (4)
≥ 30.00 0 16 (41) 13 (46) .004b . 457c
12 (31) 14 (50) .000b .052c
FFMI (kg/m2) 12 (18) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) .000b .158c
Hand-grip (kg) 26 (39) 17.4 (3) 19.8 (2.8)
Phase angle (°) 29 (43) 22.7 (8.8) 30.7 (11.6)
4.0 (1.0) 4.9 (1.0) .001a
Mean (SD) .002a
18.4 (3.1) .001a
26.0 (10.7)
4.4 (1.1)
SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; FFMI, free fat mass index; HGS, Hand-
grip strength; PA, Phase angle. a) T-test; b) Pearson correlation test between age and other
parameters (N = 67); c) Pearson correlation test between age and other parameters (N = 39).
Patients that screened positive with NRS-2002 (39) were classified as mal-
nourished according to cut-off points of measured parameters FFMI, HGS and
PA (Table 2). The majority of malnourished patients were determinated by PA
(29), little less with HGS (23) and the least with FFMI (13). Only 5 patients were
identified within the cut-off points of BMI (≤ 20 kg/m2 or ≤ 22 kg/m2).
participants.
All participants NRS-2002
P
increased low
nutritional risk nutritional risk
N = 67 N = 39 N = 28
zdravje starostnikov | health of the elderly 128 Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) .103b .742c
Age (years) 77.4 (7.9) 79.5 (7.8) 74.4 (7.3) 0.009a
≥ 65 and < 70 n (%) n (%) n (%)
≥ 70 14 (21) 5 (13) 9 (64)
53 (79) 34 (87) 19 (36)
Gender
female n (%) n (%)
male n (%) 17 (71) 7 (29)
24 (36 %) 22 (51) 21 (49)
43 (64 %) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
BMI (kg/m2) 27.4 (4.7) 29.9 (3.5)
WHO classification Mean (SD) n (%) n (%) .024a
< 18.50 28.4 (4.4)
18.50–24.99 / /
25.00–29.99 n (%) 11 (28) 1 (4)
≥ 30.00 0 16 (41) 13 (46) .004b . 457c
12 (31) 14 (50) .000b .052c
FFMI (kg/m2) 12 (18) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) .000b .158c
Hand-grip (kg) 26 (39) 17.4 (3) 19.8 (2.8)
Phase angle (°) 29 (43) 22.7 (8.8) 30.7 (11.6)
4.0 (1.0) 4.9 (1.0) .001a
Mean (SD) .002a
18.4 (3.1) .001a
26.0 (10.7)
4.4 (1.1)
SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; FFMI, free fat mass index; HGS, Hand-
grip strength; PA, Phase angle. a) T-test; b) Pearson correlation test between age and other
parameters (N = 67); c) Pearson correlation test between age and other parameters (N = 39).
Patients that screened positive with NRS-2002 (39) were classified as mal-
nourished according to cut-off points of measured parameters FFMI, HGS and
PA (Table 2). The majority of malnourished patients were determinated by PA
(29), little less with HGS (23) and the least with FFMI (13). Only 5 patients were
identified within the cut-off points of BMI (≤ 20 kg/m2 or ≤ 22 kg/m2).
