Table 2 Percentage of subjects (N = 2395) with medium-high risk of malnutrition by individual variables
Variables (N) | % subjects at medium-high risk of malnutrition | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Males (611) | 29.7 | 0.003 |
Females (1784) | 36.4 | ||
Age | 65–79 (641) | 27.8 | <0.001 |
80–85 (579) | 32.0 | ||
86–90 (622) | 36.2 | ||
>90 (553) | 43.8 | ||
Severe dementia | Yesb (640) | 50.5 | <0.001 |
>18Â h/day bedridden | Yes (205) | 62.4 | <0.001 |
Language understanding | Do not understand or it is not possible to evaluate the level of comprehension (520) | 55.2 | <0.001 |
Language expression | Understanding only isolated words or not expressed (579) | 51.1 | <0.001 |
Hearing | Severely impaired or deaf (166) | 42.8 | 0.002 |
Vision | Severely impaired or blind (169) | 43.8 | 0.001 |
Gastrointestinal diseases | Yes (366) | 36.9 | 0.310 |
Respiratory diseases | Yes (403) | 34.5 | 0.976 |
N diseases (DC) | >4 (830) | 35.1 | 0.643 |
Confusion/awareness | Completely disoriented (994) | 43.1 | <0.001 |
Nervousness | Easily irritable (516) | 37.8 | 0.002 |
Restlessness/calmness | Restless, unable to sit still (198) | 38.4 | <0.001 |
Physical impairment | Severea (1344) | 45.3 | <0.001 |
Cognitive impairment | Severec (1089) | 47.3 | <0.001 |
N hospital admissions | 1 or more (490) | 36.5 | 0.491 |
Disability during eating | Severed (590) | 55.1 | <0.001 |
Enteral nutrition | Yes (79) | 65.8 | <0.001 |
Syringed feeding | Yes (44) | 77.3 | <0.001 |
Parenteral nutrition | Yes (32) | 59.4 | 0.003 |
Texture modified diet | Yes (414) | 54.8 | <0.001 |
Enriched diet | Yes (87) | 72.4 | <0.001 |
Dysphagia | Yes (58.1 %) | 36.8 | 0.054 |
Lunch location | Dining room (2128) | 31.6 | <0.001 |
Bedroom (214) | 59.3 | ||
Teeth | Edentulous without dentures/bridges (399) | 60.7 | 0.001 |
| Â | Edentulous with dentures/bridges (636) | 39.8 | |
|  | 1–20 teeth without bridges (571) | 47.1 | |
|  | 1–20 teeth with bridges (338) | 32.8 | |
| Â | >20 teeth (201) | 35.8 | |
Totals | 34.7 | Â | |