Abstract: Objective To investigate the incidence of nutritional risk for stroke patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods All the stroke patients with diabetes mellitus in a neurologic department were investigated with Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS2002). Results The incidences of undernutrition and nutritional risk were 11.3% (42/372) and 35.8% (133/372), respectively. The incidence of nutritional risk was more in the patients aged over 60 years than in the patients below 60 years (P=0.001). The incidence of both undernutrition and nutritional risk was more in the patients with stroke relapsing than those of the initial stroke (P<0.001). Conclusion The stroke patients with diabetes mellitus are in the risk of undernutrition and nutritional risk, especially those over the age of 60 years and relapsed stroke.

Key words: nutritional risk, malnutrition, stroke, diabetes mellitus, Nutritional Risk Screening