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The study objective was to validate the use of subjective global assessment (SGA) in assessing the prevalence of malnutrition among patients on hemodialysis in Jordan by comparing SGA grades with anthropometric and biochemical measurements.

This was a cross-sectional survey.

The study was performed at hospital hemodialysis units.

End-stage renal-failure outpatients (n = 178; 94 women and 84 men; mean age ± SD, 43.9 ± 14.6 years) who underwent hemodialysis were recruited from five large Jordanian hospitals. The obtained data were compared with tabulated measurements of the reference population in term of age and sex.

Subjective global assessment, anthropometric (dry weight, body mass index, fat percentage, fat mass, triceps skinfold thickness, mid-arm circumference, mid-arm muscle circumference, and arm muscle …