Table 4: Association between SGA and Nutrition Screening Tools with disease of patient (n = 326).

Variable Disease n (%) RR Sig (p)
Cancer Non-Cancer (CI 95%)
n (%) n (%)
SGA 66 (45) 81 (55) 147 (100) 1.024 0.468
Malnutrition 79 (44) 100 (56) 179 (100) (0.803 - 1.306)
Well-nourished
SNST 90 (54) 77 (46) 167 (100) 1.591 < 0.001*
At risk 55 (34) 104 (66) 159 (100) (1.226 - 2.064)
Not risk
NRS-2002 94 (53) 84 (47) 178 (100) 1.541 0.001*
At risk 51 (34) 97 (66) 148 (100) (1.186 - 2.002)
Not risk
MST 50 (45) 61 (55) 111 (100) 1.029 0.46
At risk 95 (44) 120 (56) 215 (100) (0.798 - 1.326)
Not risk
MUST 98 (51) 93 (49) 191 (100) 1.454 0.003*
At risk 47 (35) 88 (65) 135 (100) (1.114 - 1.898)
Not risk
SNAQ 57 (46) 68 (54) 125 (100) 1.066 0.342
At risk 88 (43) 113 (57) 201 (100) (0.837 - 1.359)
Not risk

SGA: Subjective Global Assessment; SNST: Simple Nutrition Screening Tool; NRS: Nutritional Risk Screening;

MST: Malnutrition Screening Tool; MUST: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; SNAQ: Short Nutritional Assessment Question.

*Sig (p): Risk malnutrition versus not risk malnutrition patients with the same screening.