ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the potential relationship between nutritional risk evaluated by NRS 2002 and the indexes of physical and biochemical parameters.Methods:From January 2015 to December 2015,218 hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were randomly selected to assess the nutrition risk by using NRS 2002,and the physical examination indexes and biochemical indicators were also collected.The potential correlations between NRS 2002 score and the physical and biochemical parameters were analyzed.Results:The incidence of nutritional risk (the score of NRS 2002 ≥ 3) was 31.7％ in 218 COPD inpatients.Both age and pulmonary function was significantly related to the incidence of nutritional risk (P ＜ 0.05).The relevance also was found between NRS 2002 score and 2 physical indexes (BMI and FFMI) and 2 biochemical indicators (ALB and PA).Conclusion:The frequency of nutritional risk is very high among hospitalized patients with COPD,especially in old patients.NRS 2002 is a suitable nutritional risk screening tool in COPD patients,but a comprehensive nutrition assessment should combine proper nutritional risk screening tool with physical examination indexes and biochemical indicators in clinical applications.