Table 1 Comparisons of health conditions and microbial amounts between participants with undernutrition and adequate nutrition

BMI

17.5 ± 1.43

23.5 ± 3.49

21.3 ± 4.10

 < 0.001^a

Males/females, %

4/11, 26.7

4/22, 15.4

8/33, 19.5

0.434^b

Age in years (average ± SD)

85.7 ± 9.70

83.9 ± 7.47

84.6 ± 8.28

0.523^a

Care needs score (median, range)

6, 1–7

5, 1–7

5, 1–7

0.445^c

Eating independence (not independent/independent, %)

6/9, 40.0

7/19, 26.9

13/28, 31.7

0.492^b

Mucus score (median, range)

24.3, 0.2–28.1

25.7, 1.5–29.9

25.3, 0.2–29.9

0.315^c

TCI score (median, range)

1, 1–9

2, 1–13

2.0, 1–13

0.173^c

Number of present teeth (median, range)

4, 0–26

8.5, 0–25

6, 0–26

0.341^c

Number of decayed teeth (median, range)

0, 0–4

0, 0–9

0, 0–9

0.659^c

Number of filled teeth (median, range)

2, 0–16

6, 0–21

3, 0–21

0.108^c

Edentulous subjects (edentulous/dentate, %)

6/9, 40.0

5/21, 19.2

11/30, 26.8

0.272^b

Denture wearers (wearers/non-wearers, %)

8/7, 53.3

16/10, 61.5

23/18, 56.1

0.515^b

OHAT score (median, range)

5, 1–13

5, 1–10

5, 1–13

0.512^c