title: [Nutritional status of patients in hospitals in Poland. More thorough assessment of nutritional status of adult patients].
abstract: The purpose of the study was a more thorough assessment of the nutrition state of patients admitted to hospitals in Poland. The study was carried out in four hospitals at teaching centre level, in four hospitals at province level, and in four county hospitals. The patients for the study were selected randomly from 3310 adult patients (every 10th patient admitted to these hospitals). For the study 210 patients (122 women and 88 men) were qualified. Their mean age was 54 +/- 16 years (range 15-82 years). The patients were subjected to various biochemical tests including determination of antioxidant vitamins (vitamins A, E and C), vitamin B12, folic acid, ferritin, and homocysteine and blood lipids. Vitamin deficiency accepted as vitamin malnutrition was found in the case of vitamin C in 51.8% of the patients, folic acid in 32%, vitamin E in 10%, vitamin B12 in 6.8%, vitamin A in 1.4%. Vitamin deficiency was equally frequent in patients with malnutrition, overweight or with obesity. Lipid profile disturbances were found in 51% and high homocysteine level in 63% of the studied patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chorób Metabolicznych i Gastroenterologii Instytutu Zywności i Zywienia w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jarosz
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dzieniszewski
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szczygieł
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Długosz
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marlicz
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Linke
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bułhak-Jachymczyk
authors.forename: Bogumiła
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Panczenko-Kresowska
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nekanda-Trepka
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaroszewicz-Heigelmann
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grzymisławski
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pawłowski
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Majewska
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryzko-Skiba
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lachowicz
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bochenek
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orzeszko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009752:Nutritional Status