Prevalence of Malnutrition in Orally and Tube-Fed Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Germany and Its Relation to Health Complaints and Dietary Intake

Table 4

Dietary intake in nursing home residents with malnutrition, at risk of malnutrition and without malnutrition.

	Well-nourished; MNA > 23.5 p. (𝑛=25)	At risk MNA; 17–23.5 p. (𝑛=56)	Malnourished; MNA < 17 p. (𝑛=41)
Energy (kcal/d)	1516.5 ± 431.2	1566.7 ± 420.2	1502.8 ± 398.0
Energy (kcal/kg BW)	21.9 ± 5.3	24.3 ± 7.0	29.3 ± 7.4 ^***,§§
Protein (g/d)	56.4 ± 20.3	56.0 ± 19.0	50.4 ± 14.8
Protein (g/kg BW)	0.81 ± 0.23	0.86 ± 0.27	0.98 ± 0.28 *

*** 𝑃<.001, *𝑃<.01 malnourished versus well-nourished.
^§§𝑃<.01 malnourished versus at risk of malnutrition.
MNA = Mini Nutritional Assessment, p. = points, BW = body weight.