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At baseline, the majority of participants were old and polymorbid (62.1% suffered from arterial hypertension, 29.5% from cancer, and 29.2% from diabetes). Even apparently presenting with satisfying anthropometric indices, 38.4% of them were at-risk for malnutrition when screened with the Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002) questionnaire (NRS-2002 \u2265 3). More importantly, only 15.3% of all participants were prescribed an oral nutritional supplement during hospitalization. Those that were at-risk for malnutrition suffered significantly more often from cancer (54.9% vs. 20.6%; p &lt; 0.001) and died more often in the follow-up period (42.7% vs. 23.5%; p &lt; 0.003). Their anthropometric indices were generally normal and contradictory 46.3% were overweight and obese (body mass index (BMI) &gt; 25 kg\/m2). Only 36.6% of nutritionally endangered participants used an oral supplement in the follow-up period. NRS-2002 \u2265 3 correlated with anthropometric indices, glomerular filtration rate, age, and length of the initial hospital stay. Unlike other studies, NRS-2002 \u2265 3 was not an independent predictor of mortality and re-hospitalizations; other clinical, rather than nutritional parameters proved to be better predictors. Patients in our hospital are neither adequately nutritionally assessed nor managed. There is an urgent need to develop strategies to prevent, identify, and treat malnutrition in our hospital and post-discharge.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu13010068","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,28]],"date-time":"2020-12-28T10:33:56Z","timestamp":1609151636000},"page":"68","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Nutritional Status and Indicators of 2-Year Mortality and Re-Hospitalizations: Experience from the Internal Clinic Departments in Tertiary Hospital in Croatia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3083-6880","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tanja","family":"Mili\u010devi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital of Split, Spin\u010di\u0107eva 1, 21 000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7918-6052","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ivana","family":"Kol\u010di\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, University of Split School of Medicine, \u0160oltanska 2, 21 000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tina","family":"\u0110oga\u0161","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, University Hospital of Split, Spin\u010di\u0107eva 1, 21 000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Piero Marin","family":"\u017divkovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Split, Spin\u010di\u0107eva 1, 21 000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maja","family":"Radman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital of Split, Spin\u010di\u0107eva 1, 21 000 Split, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, University of Split School of Medicine, \u0160oltanska 2, 21 000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2645-7597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Josipa","family":"Radi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, University Hospital of Split, Spin\u010di\u0107eva 1, 21 000 Split, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, University of Split School of Medicine, \u0160oltanska 2, 21 000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"295","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nut.2004.06.023","article-title":"Social risk factors for hospital malnutrition","volume":"21","author":"Pirlich","year":"2005","journal-title":"Nutrition"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"514","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph8020514","article-title":"Hospital malnutrition: Prevalence, identification and impact on patients and the healthcare system","volume":"8","author":"Barker","year":"2011","journal-title":"Int. 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