Effects of malnutrition on mortality in oldest-old inpatients with COVID-19 in the GERIA-COVID cohort

We assessed the impact of malnutrition on 14-day, 28-day, and 3-month mortality risk in oldest-old inpatients aged ≥80 years with COVID-19 in the hospital-based GERIA-COVID cohort. Malnutrition was assessed on hospital admission using the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI). Potential confounder...

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Authors: Sánchez-Rodríguez, Dolores, Sacco, Guillaume, Gautier, Jennifer, Brière, Olivier, Annweiler, Cédric, GERIA-COVID study group
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repository:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/54981
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.11.016
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:COVID-19
GERIA-COVID
GNRI
Malnutrition
Mortality
Oldest-old
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Summary:We assessed the impact of malnutrition on 14-day, 28-day, and 3-month mortality risk in oldest-old inpatients aged ≥80 years with COVID-19 in the hospital-based GERIA-COVID cohort. Malnutrition was assessed on hospital admission using the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI). Potential confounders were age, sex, functional abilities, number of acute health issues, CRP level, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, malignancies, use of antibiotics, and respiratory treatments. Seventy-eight participants (88.9 ± 4.3 years old, 55% women) were included. Of these, 82.1% had survived at day 14, 78.2% at day 28, and 70.5% after 3 months. No association between malnutrition according to the GNRI and 14-day (P = 0.324), 28-day (P = 0.166), or 3-month mortality (P = 0.109) was found. Thus, malnutrition according to the GNRI was not associated with mortality within the first 3 months of diagnosis of COVID-19 among oldest-old inpatients.