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Table 2 Nutritional parameters at the three assessments

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

  

T1

T2

T3

N = 102

N = 96

N = 91

1. Clinical parameters

 

N (%) or M ± SD

N (%) or M ± SD

N (%) or M ± SD

Weight (kg)

 

68,7 ± 13,9

68,5 ± 13,9

68,5 ± 14

BMI (kg/m2)a

 

24,2 ± 4,4

24,2 ± 4,4

24,1 ± 4,5

 

Malnutrition

No malnutrition

15 (16,3)

77 (83,7)

19 (21,1)

71 (78,9)

13 (16,9)

64 (83,1)

Anorexia gradingd

0

> = 1

89 (90,8)

9 (9,2)

82 (89,1)

10 (10,9)

75 (90,4)

8 (9,6)

Exclusive oral feeding

 

91 (95,8)

85 (95,5)

80 (93)

Nutritive supplements

 

3 (3,2)

3 (3,4)

7 (8,1)

2. Biological parameters

    

Albuminemia (g/l)b

 

34,4 ± 4,4

34,7 ± 4,8

34,9 ± 5,5

 

Malnutrition

No malnutrition

12 (13,2)

79 (86,8)

12 (16,7)

60 (83,3)

12 (15,6)

65 (84,4)

Prealbuminemia (mg/l)c

 

253,3 ± 72,0

255,3 ± 82,7

273 ± 170,1

 

Malnutrition

No malnutrition

2 (2,4)

80 (97,6)

4 (6,3)

60 (93,7)

2 (3,3)

58 (96,7)

CRP (mg/l)

Median (IQRe)

6,2 (2,0-17,1)

2,5 (1,0-16,8)

3 (1,0-12,3)

PINI score

Median (IQRe)

0,5 (0,1-1,8)

0,2 (0,1-3,1)

0,2 (0,1-0,7)

  1. T1 first course of chemotherapy; T2 the second course of chemotherapy; T3 the last planned course of chemotherapy
  2. BMI Body Mass Index, CRP C-reactive protein, PINI Prognostic Inflammatory and Nutritional Index
  3. amalnutrition if BMI < 21 kg/m2; bmalnutrition if albuminemia < 30 g/l; cmalnutrition if prealbuminemia < 110 mg/l; d0: no anorexia, > = 1: 1 to 3 anorexia grading; einterquartile range