Research Article
Assessment of Malnutrition in Community Chinese Elderly: A Hidden Problem in a Developed Society
Table 5
Marital status as a risk factor in overintake of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acid of total energy and underintake of zinc and meat.
| Variable | Female | Male | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted by logistic regression (95% CI) | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted by logistic regression (95% CI) |
| Meeting nutrient recommendation of Zinc | | | | | Single/divorced/widowed | 0.64 (0.53, 0.76) | 0.72 (0.58, 0.88) | 0.68 (0.51, 0.93) | 0.73 (0.53, 1.00) | Meeting nutrient recommendation of meat | | | | | Single/divorced/widowed | 0.58 (0.48, 0.71) | 0.57 (0.45, 0.72) | 0.87 (0.66, 1.13) | 0.94 (0.71, 1.25) | Over-intake of saturated fatty acid in total energy | | | | | Single/divorced/widowed | 0.89 (0.50, 1.58) | 0.84 (0.43, 1.65) | 1.86 (1.12, 3.09) | 1.91 (1.11, 3.31) |
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