Table 4 Comparison of patients not at risk and at risk of malnutrition regarding general and oral parameters
Risk factors | Nutritional status | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not at risk of malnutrition (12–14 MNA screening points) n = 42 (48%) | At risk of malnutrition (8–11 MNA screening points) n = 45 (52%) | OR | p-value | OR | p-value | ||
General parameters | |||||||
Age in years [mean (SD)] | 83.1 (9.3) | 84.9 (7.3) | n.a. | 0.33 | 1.0 (CI95 0.9–1.1) | n.s. | |
Gender (female) | 31 (46%) | 37 (54%) | 1.1 (CI95 0.4–2.7) | 0.81 | 1.2 (CI95 0.4–3.8) | n.s. | |
Smoking status (yes) | 6 (50%) | 6 (50%) | 0.9 (CI95 0.3–3.1) | 0.86 | 0.8 (CI95 0.2–3.1) | n.s | |
Dementia according to medical records (yes) | 17 (40%) | 31 (60%) | 2.5 (CI95 1.1–5.6) | 0.03 | 3.1 (CI95 1.2–8.2) | 0.02 | |
Permanently bedridden according to medical records (yes) | 1 (2%) | 4 (9%) | 4.0 (CI95 0.4–37) | 0.19 | n.a. | n.a. | |
Neuropsychological problems according to MNA | No problems | 26 (62%) | 13 (29%) | n.a. | <0.0001 | n.a. | n.a. |
Mild dementia | 14 (17%) | 12 (27%) | |||||
Severe dementia or depression | 2 (2%) | 24 (44%) | |||||
Mobility according to the MNA | Bed of chair bound | 1 (2%) | 20 (44%) | n.a. | <0.0001 | n.a. | n.a. |
Able to get out of bed / chair but does not go out | 8 (19%) | 9 (20%) | |||||
Goes out | 33 (79%) | 16 (36%) | |||||
Body-mass-index kg/m2 [mean (SD)] | 27.7 (4.5) | 24.7 (5.1) | n.a. | 0.005 | n.a. | n.a. | |
Oral parameters | |||||||
Edentulous | 16 (38%) | 25 (56%) | 2.0 (CI95 0.8–5.8) | 0.1 | 2.8 (CI95 1.1–7.3) | 0.03 | |
Remaining teeth | 26 (62%) | 20 (44%) | |||||
DMF-T (only those with teeth n = 46) | 25.6 (2.9) | 24.5 (4.3) | n.a. | 0.34 | n.a. | n.a. | |
PSI / PSR score (n = 37) | max. Score 1 or 2 | 5 (24%) | 3 (19%) | 1.3 (CI95 0.4–6.7) | 0.71 | n.a. | n.a. |
max. Score 3 or 4 | 16 (76%) | 13 (81%) | |||||