Evaluation of commonly used nutritional assessment methods in hip fracture patients

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OBJECTIVE: Malnutrition is a common problem in hip fracture patients. The prevalence of malnutrition and available nutritional markers for use for nutritional assessment in this population group was investigated.

METHODS: This is a case control study including 214 patients with a hip fracture from "KAT" Hospital in Athens, Greece, and 108 controls from three Elderly Open Protection Centers. Main outcome measures were anthropometric [Body Mass Index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TST) and mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC)] and biochemical parameters (serum albumin and serum cholesterol). Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) was used for malnutrition assessment.

RESULTS: Based on MNA score only, we found 19.5 % vs. 0.9% malnourished, 54.6% vs. 32.4% at risk and 25.9% vs. 66.7% well-nourished, in hip fracture group and controls, respectively. All anthropometric parameters of malnutrition were significantly lower in the hip fracture patients compared to controls (p value<0.05). Serum albumin and serum-cholesterol levels correlated negatively significantly with s-CRP levels (R2=0.247, p<0.001 and R2=0.06, p<0.001, respectively) in the hip fracture group.

CONCLUSIONS: Hip fracture patients are often malnourished. MNA application may be helpful in identifying malnourished hip fracture patients. Moreover, serum cholesterol may be a useful marker of malnutrition in hip fracture patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls - 2(2017), 3 vom: 18. Sept., Seite 39-44

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tsagari, Amalia [VerfasserIn]
Papakitsou, Evaggelia [VerfasserIn]
Dionyssiotis, Yannis [VerfasserIn]
Rizou, Stavroula [VerfasserIn]
Galanos, Antonios [VerfasserIn]
Lyritis, George P [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Anthropometry
Biochemical markers
Hip fracture
Journal Article
Malnutrition
Mini Nutritional Assessment

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Date Revised 14.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308983130