Table 2 |
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Relationship between Nutritional Status and selected items from Nutritional Risk Index (NRI) |
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Variable |
Malnourished |
Risk of malnutrition |
Total |
P value |
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Constipation/diarrhea |
79.2% |
71.4% |
72.9% |
0.28 |
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Artificial teeth |
64.6% |
79% |
76.4% |
0.03 |
|
Chewing problems |
41.7% |
19% |
23.3% |
0.001 |
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Swallowing problems at least 3 times last month |
18.8% |
10% |
11.6% |
0.09 |
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Vomiting at least 3 times last month |
31.3% |
15.7% |
18.6% |
0.01 |
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Nausea at least 3 times in the last month |
47.9% |
27.1% |
31% |
0.005 |
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Are you on a special diet? |
75% |
73.7% |
73.9% |
0.85 |
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Feldblum et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:37 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-37 |
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