Handgrip Strength Cut-Off Values for the Undernutrition Risk Screening among Elderly Men and Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Table 3
Cut-points of HGS values to detect undernutrition risk on the basis of MNA and SCREEN II.
Variable
Age
AUC
SE
95% CI
Cut-point (kgF)
Sensitivity (%)
Specificity
Men
MNA
65–74
0.913
0.060
0.014
0.796–1000
23.50
100
65.7
≥75
0.733
0.094
0.034
0.548–0.918
19.50
87.5
67.3
SCREEN II
65–74
0.794
0.077
0.001
0.642–0.948
28.50
85.7
50.0
≥75
0.814
0.071
0.007
0.674–0.953
24.50
83.1
42.9
Women
MNA
65–74
0.904
0.057
0.017
0.792–1000
15.50
66.7
50.0
≥75
0.809
0.092
0.021
0.630–0.988
13.50
83.0
48.6
SCREEN II
65–74
0.783
0.075
0.033
0.635–0.931
24.50
77.8
52.4
75–84
0.945
0.024
0.127
0.897–0.992
19.50
65.0
50.0
MNA-SF, Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form. Screen II, seniors in the community: risk evaluation for eating and nutrition, version II among octogenarians. Significant values are in bold.
