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Table 2 Patients characteristics and malnutrition screening tests

From: Comparison of malnutrition screening tests in predicting postoperative complications in elderly patients with femur fracture

 

MNA-SF MALNÜTRİSYON

SGA MALNÜTRİSYON

Available (n = 74)

Not available (n = 45)

p

Available (n = 57)

Not available (n = 62)

p

Age (mean ± SS)

80.6 ± 7.7

79.1 ± 6.8

0.188

80.3 ± 8.2

79.8 ± 6.6

0.615

BMI (mean ± SS)

23.9 ± 4.1

27.4 ± 5.0

< 0.001

22.9 ± 3.3

27.3 ± 4.9

< 0.001

Sex (n, %)

 Male

32 (43.2%)

20 (44.4%)

0.898

26 (45.6%)

26 (41.9%)

0.686

 Female

42 (56.8%)

25 (55.6%)

31 (54.4%)

36 (58.1%)

ASA (n, %)

 I

1 (1.4%)

2 (4.4%)

0.134

1 (1.8%)

2 (3.2%)

0.933

 II

51 (68.9%)

36 (80.0%)

43 (75.4%)

44 (71.0%)

 III

22 (29.7%)

7 (15.6%)

13 (22.8%)

16 (25.8%)

Preoperative hospital stay (days) (median, min-max)

6 (1–21)

4 (1–17)

0.032

5 (1–21)

5 (1–17)

0.905

Postoperative hospital stay (days) (median, min-max)

6.5 (2–45)

6 (3–60)

0.690

7 (2–45)

6 (3–60)

0.420