The German hospital malnutrition study Matthias Pirlich, Tatjana Schütz, Kristina Norman, Sylvia Gastell, Heinrich Josef Lübke, Stephan C. Bischoff, Ulrich Bolder, Thomas Frieling, Helge Güldenzoph, Kristian Hahn, Karl-Walter Jauch, Karin Schindler, Jürgen Stein, Dorothee Volkert, Arved Weimann, Hansjörg Werner, Christiane Wolf, Gudrun Zürcher, Peter Bauer, Herbert Lochs Clinical Nutrition Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 563-572 (August 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2006.03.005 Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Prevelance of malnutrition: association with age. SGA B, moderate malnutrition; SGA C, severe malnutrition. The total number of patients in the different age groups were: 18–29.9 years, n=102; 30–39.9 years, n=123; 40–49.9 years, n=232; 50–59.9 years, n=320; 60–69.9 years, n=412; 70–79.9 years, n=385; ⩾80 years, n=312. Clinical Nutrition 2006 25, 563-572DOI: (10.1016/j.clnu.2006.03.005) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Prevelance of malnutrition (SGA B+C) according to the primary admitting speciality. Clinical Nutrition 2006 25, 563-572DOI: (10.1016/j.clnu.2006.03.005) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Prevelance of malnutrition (SGA B+C) in selected disease groups according to the severity of the disease. This presentation includes only disease groups with n>100. Patients with more than 5 different prescriptions per day were considered as more severely ill than patients with less than 5 or equal different prescriptions per day. *P<0.05, >5 prescriptions vs. ⩽5 prescriptions per day. Clinical Nutrition 2006 25, 563-572DOI: (10.1016/j.clnu.2006.03.005) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Association between nutritional status and length of hospital stay (LOS). (A) Association between malnutrition according to the SGA and length of hospital stay. (B) Association between nutritional state according to BMI (kg/m2) and length of hospital stay. The box plots represent the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles. Clinical Nutrition 2006 25, 563-572DOI: (10.1016/j.clnu.2006.03.005) Copyright © 2006 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Terms and Conditions