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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients (N = 102)

From: Nutritional status and quality of life of cancer patients needing exclusive chemotherapy: a longitudinal study

  

N (%) or M ± SD

MD

1. Sociodemographics

 Gender

Women

Men

52 (51,0)

50 (49,0)

0

 Age

 

58,4 ± 14,2

1

 Marital status

Couple

Single

59 (70,2)

25 (29.8)

18

2. Clinical data

 Cancer localization

Head and neck

STS

Gynecologic

Othersa

22 (21,6)

25 (24,5)

24 (23,5)

31 (30,4)

0

 Performans status

0

≥1

49 (57,6)

36 (42,4)

17

 Chemotherapy

Curative

Palliative

49 (59,8)

33 (40,2)

20

 Usual BMI (kg/m2)

 

22,8 ± 3,1

4

 

Malnutrition (BMI<21 kg/m2)

BMI > = 21 kg/m2

10 (10,2)

88 (89,8)

4

  1. M ± SD mean ± standard deviation, MD missing data, STS Soft Tissue Sarcoma, BMI Body Mass Index: aothers: urologic, adenopathy, thyroid, digestive, lung