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cord-290832-zmj59rc3	Recinella, Guerino	Prognostic role of nutritional status in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a monocentric study	2020-10-08		.txt	text/plain	2985	169	44	AIMS: To assess the role of nutritional status as an independent prognostic factor for in-hospital death in elderly patients. At univariate analysis, age (HR 1.045 [CI 1.008–1.082]), cognitive impairment (HR 1.949 [CI 1.045–3.364]), C-reactive protein (HR 1.004 [CI 1.011–1.078]), lactate dehydrogenases (HR 1.003 [CI 1.001–1.004]) and GNRI moderate–severe risk category (HR 8.571 [CI 1.096–67.031]) were risk factors for in-hospital death, while albumin (HR 0.809 [CI 0.822–0.964]), PaO(2)/FiO(2) ratio (HR 0.996 [CI 0.993–0.999]) and body mass index (HR 0.875 [CI 0.782–0.979]) were protective factors. The main result of our study is that impaired nutritional status, assessed by the GNRI, together with the PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio, is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Future larger and multicentric studies are needed to validate our results on the prognostic value of GNRI in predicting in-hospital death and to further explore the role of other nutritional parameters in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19.	./cache/cord-290832-zmj59rc3.txt	./txt/cord-290832-zmj59rc3.txt