From: Application of a score system to evaluate the risk of malnutrition in a multiple hospital setting
Determinant | Acute malnutrition | Chronic malnutrition | Overall malnutrition | High risk class | ||||
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(BMI SD-score <-2) | HFA SD-score <-2 | |||||||
OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | |
(95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||||
Age ≤ 5 years | 4.602 (1.43–14.77) | .006a | 1.295 (0.44–3.78) | .42 | 2.708 (1.16–6.31) | .024b | 1.393 (0.56–3.47) | .496 |
Any underlying disease | 1.841 (0.68–4.97) | .297 | 2.18 (0.72–6.19) | .257 | 1.04 (1.01-2) | .036c | 10.234 (3.76–28.91) | .001 |
Genetic disease | 2.925 (0.7–12.24) | .145 | 10.167 (2.63–39.24) | .002d | 8.293 (2.24–30.68) | .002e | 0.529 (0.06–4.35) | .547 |
Gastrointestinal disease | 1.01 (0.3–1.59) | .129 | 1.89 (0.7–5.23) | .216 | 1.55 (1.22–3.15) | .023f | 3.75 (1.22–11.5) | .026g |