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NCT Number: NCT03814057

Creatinine Height Index in Elderly

evaluation of the efficacy of two different age adjusted calculations of CHI compared to other nutritional indicators in the elderly medical patients upon hospital admission.

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition in Elderly

Age range

60 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Ain Shams University

Cairo, 11566, Egypt

About this study

Cross sectional study involving one hundred hospitalized elderly (>60 years), Anthropometric measurements, Mini- nutritional assessment, Hand Grip strength, CBC, total protein, albumin, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and 24 hour urinary creatinine excretion were measured within 24 hours of hospital admission calculation of CHI using 2 age adjusted modification was done accuracy of each measurement in detecting malnutrition was evaluated

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • medical elderly patients (>60 years)
  • within 24 hours of hospital admission

Exclusion criteria

  • sepsis
  • fever
  • malignancy
  • liver cirrhosis
  • renal impairment
  • critically ill patients
  • those with any hemodynamic instability were excluded from the study
  • patients receiving diuretics
  • patients can't stand to obtain their weight and height
  • those can't collect 24 hour urine
  • the patients refused to participate in the study

Treatment and study plan

24 hour urine creatinine excretion

Diagnostic Test

two age corrected calculations of creatinine height index were obtained

Primary outcomes

  1. accuracy of creatinine height index in Elderly

    Time frame: within 24 hours of hospital admission

    evaluate the test performance of the two age adjusted calculations of creatinine height index for detecting malnutrition in elderly patients at hospital admission

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ain Shams University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Age- Adjusted Measurements of Creatinine Height Index for Diagnosing Malnutrition in Elderly Medical Patients at Hospital Admission

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jan 23, 2019
Registry last updated
Jul 31, 2024

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