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Objective: The objective is to determine nutritional status of hemodialysis (HD) patients using simple objective assessment (SOA) method. Methods: A total of 54 stable patients were evaluated at our dialysis center. All patients were undergoing maintenance HD for at least 6 months. Nutritional status was assessed by subjective global assessment (SGA) and SOA which included two parameters, i.e., change over past 6 months in weight and albumin. Results: The SGA scoring showed that 39 (72.22%) patients were well nourished, 14 (25.92%) mild to moderately malnourished, and 1 (1.85%) severely malnourished. Using the SOA scoring, 40 (74.07%) patients were well nourished, 13 (24.07%) mild to moderately malnourished, and 1 (1.85%) severely malnourished. There was good correlation between the two scoring methods with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.85. Conclusion: Our study shows that SOA using delta weight and delta albumin over 6 months provides as good information as SGA (R = 0.85) and is easy to implement in routine clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]