Table 3 |
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Point prevalence of risk of undernutrition (UN) and overweight among the studied patients. |
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Hospitals |
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Large sized |
Middle sized |
Small sized |
P-value |
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n = 1197 |
n = 824 |
n = 370 |
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Criteria for UN-risk, % |
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Eating difficulties according To MEOF-II |
58.2 |
50.4 |
42.5 |
< 0.0005 a, b, c |
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Low BMI |
22.3 |
19.9 |
17.2 |
0.145 |
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Unintentional weight loss |
40.2 |
34.1 |
27.2 |
0.001 a, b |
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Fulfilling UN risk criteria, % |
< 0.0005 a, b |
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No criteria – no UN risk |
31.0 |
35.2 |
47.3 |
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One criteria – low UN risk |
35.0 |
38.6 |
31.1 |
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Two criteria – moderate UN risk |
26.4 |
21.1 |
17.7 |
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Three criteria – high UN risk |
7.6 |
5.1 |
3.9 |
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Overweight, % |
0.102 |
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No overweight |
61.8 |
57.4 |
57.8 |
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Grade 1, overweight |
26.0 |
27.0 |
31.0 |
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Grade 2, obesity |
11.2 |
14.8 |
11.2 |
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Grade 3, severe obesity |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
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MEOF-II = Minimal Eating Observation Form – Version II. Missing values in < 10%. Chi-square test, Kruskal Wallis test, Mann Whitney U test a first group differs compared to second b first group differs compared to third c second group differs compared to third group |
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Westergren et al. Nutrition Journal 2009 8:20 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-20 |
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