Table 1 Participants’ characteristics (n = 317)
Sociodemographics | |
 Age, years | 84(77;89) |
 Female, n(%) | 199(62.8) |
 Living alone, n(%) | 90(28.4) |
 Marital status, n(%) | |
  Married | 163(51.4) |
  Unmarried | 16(5.1) |
  Divorced/widowed | 138(43.5) |
 Subjective economic status,n(%) | |
  Excellent | 49(16.1) |
  Good | 67(22.0) |
  Average | 157(51.6) |
  Poor | 24(7.9) |
  Very poor | 7(2.3) |
 Cooking for oneself, n(%) | 75(24.0) |
 Receive Meals on wheels, n(%) | 56(17.8) |
Health indicators | |
 Charlson Comorbidity Index, score (n = 316) | 2.0(1.0;2.5) |
 DSS | |
  Within normal limits | 228(71.9) |
  Minimum problems | 42(13.3) |
  Oral problems | 17(5.4) |
  Occasional aspiration | 15(4.7) |
  Water aspiration | 15(4.7) |
  Food aspiration | 0(0.0) |
  Saliva aspiration | 0(0.0) |
Nutritional status | |
 BMI, kg/m2 (n = 267) | 21.1(18.6;23.8) |
 CC, cm (n = 282) | 30.4(27.5;33.0) |
 MNA®-SF, score | 10.0(8.0;12.0) |
  Malnourished | 59(18.6) |
  At risk of malnutrition | 157(49.5) |
  Well-nourished | 101(31.9) |
Dietary variety | |
 FFS, score | 21.0(16.0;23.0) |