Table 4 Distribution of patients with malnutrition risk based on the NRS-2002 final screening components
From: Prevalence of malnutrition risk in hospitalized patients: a large nationwide study
Patients with malnutrition risk (n = 22,195) | Internal Medicine (n = 4,908) | Surgery (n = 2,093) | Hematology and Oncology (n = 3,148) | Neurology (n = 2,341) | Intensive Care Unit (n = 9,708) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Impaired Nutritional Status* (n,%) | Absent | 321 (6.5) | 202 (9.7) | 174 (5.5) | 640 (27.3) | 3688 (38.0) |
Mild | 2158 (44.0) | 803 (38.4) | 1417 (45.1) | 1036 (44.3) | 2775 (28.6) | |
Moderate | 1466 (29.9) | 661 (31.6) | 979 (31.1) | 523 (22.3) | 1428 (14.7) | |
Severe | 963 (19.6) | 427 (20.4) | 575 (18.3) | 142 (6.1) | 1817 (18.7) | |
Severity of Disease* (n,%) | Absent | 517 (10.5) | 254 (12.1) | 51 (1.6) | 89 (3.8) | 272 (2.8) |
Mild | 3200 (65.2) | 1046 (50.0) | 2063 (65.6) | 516 (22.0) | 2005 (20.7) | |
Moderate | 927 (18.9) | 583 (27.9) | 905 (28.8) | 1612 (68.9) | 1517 (15.6) | |
Severe | 264 (5.4) | 210 (10.0) | 126 (4.0) | 124 (5.3) | 5914 (60.9) | |
Age ≥ 70 years (n,%) | 3476 (70.8) | 1036 (49.5) | 1622 (51.6) | 1661 (71.0) | 5673 (58.4) | |