Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral
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The population older than 60 years in Mexico is growing changing the classic pyramidal demographic structure. This fact is increasing the risk of malnutrition in the elderly, specially under nutrition which is a common problem among elderly people living at home and during hospitalizations, condition that is closely related to the increasing of morbidity, mortality and costs. ⋯ Malnutrition is a common problem in elderly population at hospital admissions according to different methods used. Mini Nutritional Assessment and Subjective Global Assessment are useful low cost and replicable nutritional evaluation tools in elderly population. Mini Nutritional Assessment could have a better value to predict morbidity and mortality in institutionalized and community elderly subjects.