Characteristic Male patients Female patients Total Sig. Normal Risk of malnutrition Malnourished (58.6) 68 (36.2) 42 (5.2) 6 108 (55.1) (29.6)  58 (15.3)  30 (56.4)176 (32.1)100 (11.5) 36 P<0.05 Total (37.2) 116 ((62.8 196 312 Less than 17 points malnourished, 17 to 23.5 points at risk of malnutrition, 24 to 30 points normal nutrition status Sig.; significance

Table 2: Nutritional status of studied patients based on total Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) scores.