Table 1 Baseline patients characteristics according to geriatric nutritional risk index levels
Patients’ characteristics | Total patients (n=334) | High nutritional risk (n=152) | Low nutritional risk (n=60) | No nutritional risk (n=122) | P-value a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Mean ±SD | 72.35 ±8.1 | 73.7 ± 8.5 | 73.6 ± 7.8 | 69.9 ±7 b | <0.001 |
No. (%) | ||||||
Gender | Male | 148 (44.3) | 78 (51.3) | 23 (38.3) | 47 (38.5) | 0.062 |
Female | 186 (55.7) | 74 (48.7) | 37 (61.7) | 75 (61.5) | ||
Education status | Illiterate | 175 (52.4) | 87 (57.2) | 29 (48.3) | 59 (48.4) | 0.196 |
Read &write | 37 (11.0) | 17 (11.2) | 10 (16.7) | 10 (8.2) | ||
Primary | 42 (12.6) | 11 (7.2) | 11 (18.3) | 20 (16.4) | ||
Preparatory | 14 (4.2) | 7 (4.6) | 1 (1.7) | 6 (4.9) | ||
Secondary (Diploma) | 40 (12.0) | 17 (11.2) | 7 (11.7) | 16 (13.1) | ||
University (higher institute) / or above | 26 (7.8) | 13 (8.6) | 2 (3.3) | 11 (9.0) | ||
Marital status | Married | 152 (45.5) | 70 (46.1) | 25 (41.7) | 57 (46.7) | 0.906 |
Widowed | 167 (50.0) | 75 (49.3) | 33 (55.0) | 59 (48.4) | ||
Divorced | 9 (2.7) | 4 (2.6) | 2 (3.3) | 3 (2.5) | ||
Single | 6 (1.8) | 3 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.5) | ||
Care giver | partner | 148 (44.3) | 68 (44.7) | 24 (40.0) | 56 (45.9) | 0.546 |
Own Family | 125 (37.4) | 59 (38.8) | 24 (40.0) | 42 (34.4) | ||
Relatives | 35 (10.5) | 18 (11.8) | 6 (10.0) | 11 (9.0) | ||
live alone | 26 (7.8) | 7 (4.6) | 6 (10.0) | 13 (10.7) | ||
Family income | Salary | 18 (5.4) | 9 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (7.4) | 0.343 |
sufficient pension | 83 (24.8) | 36 (23.7) | 18 (30.0) | 29 (23.8) | ||
not sufficient pension | 177 (53.0) | 77 (50.7) | 33 (55.0) | 67 (54.9) | ||
Social support | 56 (16.8) | 30 (19.7) | 9 (15.0) | 17 (13.9) | ||
The status prior to admission | In another hospital | 9 (2.7) | 5 (3.3) | 1 (1.7) | 3 (2.5) | 0.008 |
another department in ASU hospital | 6 (1.8) | 5 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | ||
In Intensive Care Unit | 147 (44.0) | 80 (52.6) | 27 (45.0) | 40 (32.8) | ||
At home | 172 (51.5) | 62 (40.8) | 32 (53.3) | 78 (63.9) | ||
Laboratory investigation | Serum Albumin (g/dL) | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 2.7 ± 0.5b | 3.1 ± 0.4b | 3.5 ± 0.5b | <0.001 |
Total Protein (g/dL) | 6.2 ± 0.8 | 5.8 ± 0.8b | 6.3 ± 0.6 | 6.6 ± 0.8 | 0.005 | |
Haemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.5 ± 4.5 | 9.7 ± 1.7b | 10.6 ± 1.9 | 11.6 ± 7.1 | <0.001 | |
C reactive protein (mg/L) | 34.9 (57.3) | 46.8 (63.2)b | 23.5 (93.2) b | 25.0 (78.1) b | 0.007 | |
Ferritin (ng/mL) | 334.2 (724.6) | 757(1128.5) b | 334.2 (1288.2) b | 155.7 (419.1) b | <0.001 | |
Anthropometric measures | BMI | 26.32 ± 4.9 | 23.55 ± 3.2b | 26.02 ± 2.8b | 29.92 ± 5.2 b | <0.001 |
Triceps skin fold thickness (mm) | 15.68 ± 7.8 | 12.12 ± 5.6b | 15.07 ± 7.1b | 20.41± 8.2b | <0.001 | |
MAC (cm) | 27.81 ± 4.9 | 25.42 ± 4.4b | 27.59 ± 3.7b | 30.89± 4.3b | <0.001 | |
CC (cm) | 32.86 ± 5.3 | 29.97 ± 4.1b | 32.45 ± 3.6b | 36.66 ± 4.9b | <0.001 | |