Malnutrition risk and its association with adverse outcomes in a Belgian cohort of community-dwelling adults aged 80 years and over

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of malnutrition risk and its association with adverse outcomesinaBelgiancohortofcommunity-dwellingadultsaged ≥80years,aworldwidegrowing age-group. Methods: In the BELFRAIL cohort, malnutrition risk was evaluated with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA total score <24) and prealbumin levels (<20 mg/dl). Agreement between them was assessed with Kohen’s kappa coefficient. Association with first unplanned hospitalization (3.0 ± 0.25 years follow-up) and mortality (5.1 ± 0.25 years follow-up) was investigated with survival analysis and Cox multivariate... Mehr ...