Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample population of elderly cancer patients investigated
Age, all participants (median years, IQR) | 67, 63–74 | |
Male (median years, IQR) | 69, 64–75 | |
Female (median years, IQR) | 66, 63–73 | |
Sex | N | % |
Male | 196 | 45.0 |
Female | 236 | 55.0 |
Place of residence | ||
Salvador (Capital city) and greater Salvador | 147 | 34.0 |
Other regions in the state of Bahia | 285 | 66.0 |
Literacy | ||
Illiterate | 167 | 39.0 |
Literate | 261 | 61.0 |
Family income | ||
≤ MW | 231 | 54.6 |
> MW | 192 | 45.4 |
Occupation | ||
Farmer | 177 | 42.2 |
Housewife | 40 | 9.6 |
Housekeeper | 16 | 3.8 |
Others | 186 | 44.4 |
Diagnosed cancer | ||
Prostate | 86 | 19.9 |
Skin | 74 | 17.1 |
GIT | 69 | 16 |
Breast | 68 | 15.7 |
Gynecological | 33 | 7.7 |
Urological | 31 | 7.2 |
Head and Neck | 30 | 6.9 |
Bone | 25 | 5.8 |
Pulmonary | 12 | 2.8 |
Others | 4 | 0.9 |
Comorbidities | ||
SAH | 260 | 60.2 |
DM | 74 | 17.1 |
Cardiopathy | 47 | 10.9 |
Hepatopathy | 23 | 5.3 |
CKD | 21 | 4.9 |
Current Treatment | ||
Surgery | 426 | 98.6 |
Chemotherapy | 4 | 0.9 |
Venous catheter blockage management | 2 | 0.5 |
PG-SGA | ||
Well nourished (A) | 270 | 62.5 |
Risk or moderate malnourishment (B) | 129 | 29.9 |
Severely malnourished (C) | 33 | 7.6 |