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Table 2 Nutritional status - study assessment rules

From: Parenteral nutrition support for patients with pancreatic cancer. Results of a phase II study

Parameter

Improvement

Stabilisation

Impairment

BMI

> + 5%

+/- 5%

> - 5%

ECM/BCM index

> - 5%

+/- 5%

> + 5%

Phase angle

> + 5%

+/- 5%

> - 5%