Nutrition assessment and geriatric associated conditions among community dwelling Iranian elderly people

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Associations between personal characteristics and nutritional status in elderly people

Variables	N	Malnutrition %	At malnutrition risk %	Normal-nourished %	p
Age Mean (SD)	326	70.00 ± 7.28	70.81 ± 7.43	68.21 ± 6.95	0.015
Age group (y)	326				0.019
60–75	259	3.1	22	74.9
≥ 76	67	3	38.8	58.2
Gender	326				0.001
Female	115	4.5	34.1	61.4
Male	211	2.8	21.7	75.5
Marital status	326				0.015
Married	236	3	21.2	75.8
widowed/divorced/single	90	3.3	36.7	60
Education	326				0.001
Illiterate	103	5.2	40.8	54
Primary/middle school	77	4.9	24.7	70.4
high school	89	1.1	12.4	86.5
University	57	–	19.3	80.7
Residency	326				0.084
Urban	269	2.6	23.4	74
Rural	57	5.3	35.1	56.9
Financial dependency	323				0.001
Dependent	41	7.5	30	62.5
Independent¹	282	2.1	21.4	76.5
Family Income²	324				0.001
Inadequate	107	6.6	36.8	56.6
Almost enough	121	5.6	28.5	65.9
Adequate	96	–	13.5	86.5
Occupation	326				0.223
Unemployed	233	2.6	28.3	69.1
Part-time work	51	5.9	21.6	72.5
Full-time work	42	2.4	14.3	83.3
The house	326				0.629
Rent	13	–	30.8	69.2
children home	5	–	–	100
own	308	3.2	25.6	71.1
Live with	326				0.001
Alone	51	2	31.4	66.7
Spouse	236	2.9	21.6	75.4
Children	39	5.1	41	53.8
Children number Mean (SD)	325	5.10 ± 0.87	4.45 ± 1.98	3.61 ± 1.74)	0.001

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