Prevalence of Malnutrition in Orally and Tube-Fed Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Germany and Its Relation to Health Complaints and Dietary Intake
Table 2
Nutritional status of orally and tube-fed nursing home residents.
Oral nutrition ()
Tube-feeding ()
mean ± SD ()
mean ± SD ()
median (P25–P75)
median (P25–P75)
MNA (p.)
19.9 ± 4.6 (307)
16.0 ± 2.7 (26)
20.5 (17.0–23.0)
16.0 (14.0–18.0) ***
MNA
<17 p. (%)
24.1
57.7 ***
17–23.5 p. (%)
53.7
42.3
>23.5 p. (%)
22.1
0.0
BMI (kg/m²)
25.6 ± 5.2 (308)
24.9 ± 4.9 (26)
25.3 (22.0–28.4)
25.0 (22.0–28.4)
BMI <20 kg/m² (%)
13.6
11.5
BMI <22 kg/m² (%)
25.3
23.1
MAC (cm)
25.3 ± 3.9 (315)
24.8 ± 4.2 (27)
24.8 (22.9–27.6)
24.9 (22.4–27.8)
MAC <21 cm (%)
12.7
14.8
CC (cm)
31.2 ± 4.8 (315)
27.4 ± 4.5 (26) ***
30.9 (28.0–34.2)
27.8 (25.3–29.8)
CC <31 cm (%)
50.2
76.9 **
***
, **. MNA = Mini Nutritional Assessment, p. = points, BMI = body mass index, MAC = midarm circumference, CC = calf circumference, SD = standard deviation.
