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Table 3 Clinical outcomes according to CONUT score

From: Prevalence and prognostic significance of malnutrition in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease: a cohort study

Characteristic

Risk of malnutrition

p-value

Overall

Absent

Mild

Moderate

Severe

(n = 12,898)

(n = 5093)

(n = 5984)

(n = 1703)

(n = 118)

Cost ($)

8529.6

(5543.2, 12,911.8)

8063.6

(5206.7, 12,173.4)

8617.0

(5560.5, 13,003.4)

9474.6

(6489.0, 14,450.9)

13,415.5

(7535.4, 20,831.4)

 < 0.001

Hospital length of stay (days)

5 (3, 8)

4 (3, 7)

5 (3, 8)

7 (4, 11)

12 (7, 21)

 < 0.001

In-hospital mortality (%)

99 (0.8)

13 (0.3)

44 (0.7)

35 (2.1)

7 (5.9)

 < 0.001

Long-term mortality (%)

1973 (15.3)

533 (10.5)

927 (15.5)

464 (27.2)

49 (41.5)

 < 0.001