Based on the MQSGA scoring system, three groups were classified: normal nutrition, mild to moderate malnutrition and severe malnutrition. In our study the patients with normal nutrition were 32% (score of 7-10), 60% patients were mildly to moderately malnourished (score of 11-20), and 8% had severe malnutrition (score of 20-35) (Table (Table3).3). And along with the malnutrition severity, the transthyretin were decreased (P=0.01). However, the levels of serum albumin among groups showed no significance (P = 0.6).