Preoperative nutritional screening by the specialist instead of the nutritional risk score might prevent excess nutrition: a multivariate analysis of nutritional risk factors

Table 2 Criteria used to assess the level of preoperative malnutrition

	Weight loss during the past 6 months in %	MAMC	FFM
Absence of malnutrition	<5%	-	-
Moderate malnutrition	5 - 19%	>5^th percentile	>5^th percentile
Severe malnutrition	≥20%	≤5^th percentile	≤5^th percentile

MAMC: mid-arm muscle circumference.
FFM: fat-free-mass measured by bio-impedancemetry.
As indicated in the table, there are different criteria for severe and moderate malnutrition depending on weight loss and body mass composition.

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