| Malnourished n = 59 (18.6%) | Non-malnourished n = 258 (81.4%) | p-value |
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Sociodemographics | |||
 Age, years | 89(80;93) | 83(76;88) | < 0.001 |
 Female, n(%) | 40(67.8) | 159(61.6) | 0.456 |
 Living alone, n(%) | 17(28.8) | 73(28.3) | 1.000 |
 Marital status, n(%) | |||
  Married | 24(40.7) | 139(53.9) |  |
  Unmarried | 1(1.7) | 15(5.8) |  |
  Divorced/widowed | 34(57.6) | 104(40.3) | 0.038 |
 Subjective economic status,n(%) | |||
  Excellent | 8(14) | 41(17) |  |
  Good | 10(17.9) | 57(23.0) |  |
  Average | 30(53.6) | 127(51.2) |  |
  Poor | 7(12.5) | 17(6.9) |  |
  Very poor | 1(1.8) | 6(2.4) | 0.309 |
 Cooking for oneself, n(%) | 11(19.3) | 64(25.0) | 0.397 |
 Receive Meals on wheels, n(%) | 12(20.3) | 44(17.2) | 0.573 |
Health indicators | |||
 Charlson Comorbidity Index, score | 2.0(1.0;3.0) | 2.0(1.0;2.0) | 0.002 |
 DSS | |||
  Within normal limits | 28(47.5) | 200(77.5) |  |
  Minimum problems | 11(18.6) | 31(12.0) |  |
  Oral problems | 7(11.9) | 10(3.9) |  |
  Occasional aspiration | 6(10.2) | 9(3.5) |  |
  Water aspiration | 7(11.9) | 8(3.1) | < 0.001 |
Dietary variety | |||
 FFS, score | 19.0(14.0;23.0) | 21.0(17.0;23.0) | 0.028 |