Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics by malnutrition status: MNA®-SF
Characteristics | Malnutrition status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
*Total | Well-nourished | At malnutrition risk | Malnourished | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
All participants’ | 234 (100) | 62 (26.5) | 109 (46.6) | 63 (26.9) |
Admission source | ||||
- Community | 156 (88.1) | 46 (29.5) | 70 (44.9) | 40 (25.6) |
- Aged carea | 21 (11.9) | 5 (23.8) | 7 (33.3) | 9 (42.9) |
Age | ||||
- < 85 years | 122 (52.1) | 32 (26.2) | 58 (47.5) | 32 (26.2) |
- ≥85 years | 112 (47.9) | 30 (26.8) | 51 (45.5) | 31 (27.7) |
BMI | ||||
- < 23 kg/m2 | 95 (40.6)** | 9 (9.5) | 45 (47.4) | 41 (43.2) |
- ≥23 kg/m2 | 139 (59.4) | 53 (38.1) | 64 (46.0) | 22 (15.8) |
Gender | ||||
- Men | 95 (40.6) | 25 (26.3) | 46 (48.4) | 24 (25.3) |
- Women | 139 (59.4) | 37 (26.6) | 63 (45.3) | 39 (28.1) |
Marital status | ||||
- Married/partnered | 95 (40.6) | 26 (27.4) | 42 (44.2) | 27 (28.4) |
- Singleb | 139 (59.4) | 36 (25.9) | 67 (48.2) | 36 (25.9) |
Ethnicity | ||||
- All other ethnicitiesc | 87 (37.2) | 21 (24.1) | 38 (43.7) | 28 (32.2) |
- New Zealand European | 147 (62.8) | 41 (27.9) | 71 (48.3) | 35 (23.8) |
Living arrangements | ||||
- Living alone | 104 (44.4) | 31 (29.8) | 49 (47.1) | 24 (23.1) |
- Living with partner only | 73 (31.2) | 21 (28.8) | 32 (43.8) | 20 (27.4) |
- Living with others | 57 (24.4) | 10 (17.5) | 28 (49.1) | 19 (33.3) |
Income source | ||||
- Pension only income | 152 (65.0) | 37 (24.3) | 69 (45.4) | 46 (30.3) |
- Pension plus other income | 82 (35.0) | 25 (30.5) | 40 (48.8) | 17 (20.7) |
Education | ||||
- Primary | 52 (22.2) | 11 (21.2) | 28 (53.8) | 13 (25.0) |
- Secondary | 144 (61.5) | 38 (26.4) | 62 (43.1) | 44 (30.6) |
- Tertiary | 38 (16.2) | 13 (34.2) | 19 (50.0) | 6 (15.8) |