Table 5: Association between age, disease, BMI, albumin, MUAC and mutritional Screening by the SNST, NRS-2002, MST, MUST and SNAQ with Length of hospital stay (LOS).
Variable | LOS | n (%) | RR (95% CI) |
Sig (p) | |||
≥ 7 days | 1-6 days | ||||||
n | % | N | % | ||||
Nutrition Screening Tools | |||||||
SNST At Risk Not risk |
97 54 |
58 34 |
70 105 |
42 66 |
167 (100) 159 (100) |
1.71 (1.32-1.98) |
< 0.001* |
NRS-2002 At Risk Not risk |
94 57 |
53 38 |
84 91 |
47 62 |
178 (100) 148 (100) |
1.37 (1.21-1.87) |
0.007* |
MST At Risk Not risk |
67 84 |
60 39 |
44 131 |
40 61 |
111 (100) 215 (100) |
1.54 (1.20-1.89) |
< 0.001* |
MUST At Risk Not risk |
102 49 |
53 36 |
89 86 |
47 64 |
191 (100) 135 (100) |
1.47 (1.11-1.38) |
0.001* |
SNAQ At Risk Not risk |
69 82 |
55 41 |
56 119 |
45 59 |
125 (100) 201 (100) |
1.35 (1.01-1.72) |
0.011* |
Nutrition Assessment Tools | |||||||
BMI (kg/m2)) < 18.5 ≥ 18.5 |
52 59 |
53 35 |
47 110 |
47 65 |
99 (100) 169 (100) |
1.50 (1.04-2.78) |
0.004* |
Albumin (g/l) < 3.5 ≥ 3.5 |
108 22 |
59 28 |
75 57 |
41 72 |
183 (100) 79 (100) |
2.12 (1.12-2.66) |
< 0.001* |
TLC (mg/l) < 1500 ≥ 1500 |
79 60 |
53 43 |
71 80 |
47 57 |
150 (100) 140 (100) |
1.23 (0.69-2.23) |
0.06 |
MUAC (cm) < 23.5 ≥ 23.5 |
65 70 |
47 43 |
73 93 |
53 57 |
138 (100) 163 (100) |
1.10 (0.57-1.18) |
0.272 |
INA Class II Class I |
107 22 |
59 28 |
73 56 |
41 72 |
180 (100) 78 (100) |
2.11 (1.03-2.56) |
< 0.001* |
Others | |||||||
Age ≥ 65 Years < 65 Years |
38 113 |
52 45 |
35 140 |
62 55 |
73 (100) 253 (100) |
1.17 (0.79-1.72) |
0.163 |
Disease Cancer Non-cancer |
68 75 |
47 46 |
77 90 |
53 54 |
145 (100) 181 (100) |
1.13 (0.16-1.21) |
0.444 |
BMI: Body Mass Index; TLC: Total Lymphocyte Count; MUAC: Mid Upper Arm Circumference; INA: Instant Nutritional Assessment; SNST: Simple Nutrition Screening Tool;
NRS: Nutritional Risk Screening; MST: Malnutrition Screening Tool; MUST: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; SNAQ: Short Nutritional Assessment Question.