Research Article

NUTRIC Score Is Not Superior to mNUTRIC Score in Prediction of Mortality of COVID-19 Patients

Table 1

Classifications of the NUTRIC score and the modified NUTRIC score.

ComponentsScoring system
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Age (years)<5050–75≥75
APACHE II<1515–2020–28≥28
SOFA66–10≥10
Number of comorbidities0–1≥2
Length of stay in hospital before admittance to ICU<1 day≥1 day
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) pg/ml<400≥400

High NUTRIC score 6–10 points
Low NUTRIC score 0–5 points
High modified NUTRIC score 5–9 points
Low modified NUTRIC score 0–4 points

APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; SOFA, Sequential Organ Function Assessment; ICU, Intensive Care Unit.