A poorer nutritional status impacts quality of life in a sample population of elderly cancer patients

Table 2 FACT-G domains median scores in relation to nutritional status, as defined by the PG-SGA, in the sample population of elderly cancer patients investigated

FACT-G domains	Well-nourished (n = 270)	Risk + Malnourished (n = 162)	p value*
FACT-G domains	Median (P25-P75)^a	Median (P25-P75)^a
PG-SGA
PWB	26.0 (23.0–27.0)	23.0 (18.0–26.0)	0.000*
SWB	21.0 (19.4–23.0)	21.0 (18.0–23.0)	0.081
EMB	20.0 (17.0–22.0)	19.0 (15.0–21.0)	0.006*
FWB	20.0 (17.0–21.0)	18.0 (14.0–21.0)	0.000*
	Mean (SD)^b	Mean (SD)^b
Final score	84.7 (0.9)	76.8 (1.0)	0.000**

PG-SGA patient-generated subjective global assessment, FACT-G functional assessment of cancer therapy: general, PWB physical well-being, SWB social and family well-being, EMB emotional well-being, FWB functional well-being
^aP25 = 25th percentile 25, P75 = 75th percentile. ^bSD = standard deviation. *Mann Whitney p value < 0.05. **T test with equal variances p < 0.05

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