Oral condition as a predictor of risk for malnutrition during hospitalization: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Malnutrition and poor oral health are common conditions in patients in the hospital. Both conditions are associated with poor systemic health. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between the oral condition and the nutrition status of individuals admitted to a large tertiary hospital.

Sarcopenia and Type 2 diabetes mellitus as predictors of 2-year mortality after hospital discharge in a cohort of hospitalized older adults.

Introduction: Sarcopenia has been discussed as a possible predictor of mortality in the older people, but there are few studies evaluating the relationship between mortality and sarcopenia in the population of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), especially after hospital discharge.

Objective: To evaluate whether coexistence of sarcopenia and T2D predicts mortality after two years of hospital discharge in older patients compared to a control group without diabetes.

Methodology: A prospective study that included patients hospitalized between July 2015 and December 2017.