Table 1 Baseline characteristics of two long-term care cohorts

Females, %

82.4

79.4

0.30

Age, years (SD)

83.3 (7.4)

82.4 (7.6)

−0.507, 1.505

0.33

MNA, total score (SD)

Nutritional status (MNA), %

20.2 (3.5)

20.3 (3.4)

−0.588, 0.373

0.15

Good nutritional status, >  23

17.4

16.2

0.82

Risk of malnutrition 23.5–17

68.2

68.0

Malnourished < 17

14.4

15.8

BMI, kg/m² (SD)

25.3 (4.8)

26.0 (5.0)

−1.339, 0.025

0.74

CDR, total score (SD) classification. %

1.8 (1.0)

2.6 (0.7)

−0.838, −0.610

<  0.001

0.5–1 Mild dementia

25.6

8.2

<  0.001

2 Moderate

39.5

26.5

3 Severe

35.0

65.3

Diabetes mellitus, %

16.2

16.6

0.45

Coronary heart disease, %

26.4

17.4

0.001

Coronary thrombosis, %

11.6

3.2

<  0.001

Stroke or TIA

24.1

22.9

0.38

Dementia

78.6

80.0

0.33

 considers oneself healthy or quite healthy

74.7

48.4

<  0.001

 considers oneself sick or very sick

25.4

12.3

Not able to answer

0

39.3

 bed or chair bound

13.6

47.1

<  0.001

 able to get out of bed/chair but does not go out

45.5

26.4

 goes out

40.9

26.6

Use of calcium supplementation, %

47.2

35.1

<  0.001

Use of vitamin D supplementation, %

54.7

82.5

<  0.001