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Table 6 Nutritional status of 142 patients of different etiology classified with the MNA-SF A and the NRS2002

From: Comparison of two nutrition assessment tools in surgical elderly inpatients in Northern China

 

NRS2002

 

MNA-SF

 
 

Normal

undernutr.

χ2

P

Normal

undernutr.

χ2

P

(n = 88)

(n = 54)

(n = 78)

(n = 64)

Digestive disease

60

44

3.02

0.08

48

56

12.09

0.0005

Non-digestive disease

28

10

  

30

8

  
  1. MNA-SF revised screening form of Mini-Nutritional Assessment, NRS2002 Nutritional Risk Screening 2002, Undernutr under-nourished (malnourished + at risk of malnutrition)