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Table 4 Assessment of geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI)

From: Recent advances in the pathophysiology and management of protein-energy wasting in chronic kidney disease

Formula

 

GNRI = [14.89 × albumin (g/dL)] + 41.7 × (body weight/ideal body weight)]

  1. Ideal weight in this study was calculated from the Lorentz equations for men and women differently, as in the original GNRI equation