Table 4 Spearman’s correlations between nutritional status (MNA scores) and selected variables
From: Nutritional status and functional capacity of community-dwelling elderly in southern Laos
Variable | R | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Oy | Brau | Lao | |
Age (years) | −0.420** | −0.490** | |
Gender | −0.382** | – | – |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.377** | 0.493** | 0.509** |
Reduced appetite | −0.429** | −0.795** | −0.387** |
Number of meals | – | 0.482** | 0.546** |
Living conditions | – | – | −0.295* |
Food taboos | – | -0.422** | – |
Education level | 0.337* | – | – |
ADL | – | 0.354* | – |
IADL | – | 0.702** | 0.478** |
GDS | – | 0.488** | – |
Neuropsychological stress | 0.510** | 0.616** | 0.280* |
Common diseases | – | 0.466** | – |