Malnutrition: The Importance of Identification, Documentation, and Coding in the Acute Care Setting

Table 1

Demographic variables of 2012 point prevalence study population ().

Patient characteristic	Number
Age (years)	62.9 ± 17.9 (age range: 18–97)
Gender
Male	117 (62%)
Female	72 (38%)
Nutritional status
SGA A (well-nourished)	88 (47%)
SGA B (suspected or moderately malnourished)	89 (47%)
SGA C (severely malnourished)	12 (6%)
PG-SGA score (median)	7 (PG-SGA score range: 0–25)