Research Article

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

Table 2

Characteristics of patients according to malnutrition status as assessed by the Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) tool (2012 study data, ).

SGA A
(well-nourished)
SGA B
(suspected or moderately malnourished)
SGA C
(severely malnourished)
value

Gender (, (%))0.051
 Male62 (33%)47 (25%)8 (4%)
 Female26 (14%)42 (22%)4 (2%)
Age (years)59.4 ± 18.766.0 ± 17.066.0 ± 13.90.040
PG-SGA score3.5 ± 2.612.0 ± 4.118.6 ± 3.2<0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2)29.3 ± 7.825.3 ± 6.722.7 ± 5.9<0.001