Evaluation results and comparative analysis of five nutritional screening tools
| Risk of malnutrition | NRS 2002 | MNA-SF | MUST | MST | NRI | SGA |
| Well nourished | 58.5% | 53.8% | 60.5% | 69.4% | 74.8% | 56.5% |
| Risk of malnutrition | 41.5% | 46.2% | 39.5% | 30.6% | 25.2% | 43.5% |
| Kappa | 0.538 | 0.570 | 0.481 | 0.503 | 0.250 | — |
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | — |
| Sensitivity | 75.20% | 74.10% | 73.11% | 82.61% | 60.00% | — |
| Specificity | 78.98% | 82.72% | 75.82% | 73.68% | 65.97% | — |
| Positive predict value | 71.76% | 78.63% | 66.41% | 58.02% | 50.38% | — |
| Negative predict value | 81.76% | 78.82% | 81.18% | 90.59% | 74.12% | — |
MNA-SF, Short Form of Mini Nutritional Assessment; MST, Malnutrition Screening Tool; MUST, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; NRI, Nutritional Risk Index; NRS 2002, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002; SGA, Subjective Global Assessment.