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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics (N = 52)

From: A longitudinal study investigating quality of life and nutritional outcomes in advanced cancer patients receiving home parenteral nutrition

Characteristic

Categories

Number (%)

Gender

•Males

21 (40.4)

•Females

31 (59.6)

Class of Case

•Analytic

24 (46.2)

•Non-analytic

28 (53.8)

Cancer Site

•Pancreas

14 (26.9)

•Colorectal

11 (21.2)

•Ovarian

6 (11.5)

•Appendix

5 (9.6)

•Stomach

4 (7.7)

•Others

12 (23.1)

Stage at Diagnosis

•1

3 (5.8)

•2

11 (21.2)

•3

12 (23.1)

•4

21 (40.4)

•Unknown

5 (9.6)

SGA

•Moderately Malnourished

19 (36.5)

•Severely Malnourished

33 (63.5)

Characteristic

Mean (standard deviation)

 

Age at HPN Start (years)

53.2 (9.4)

 

HPN duration (months)

3.4 (2.5)

 

Actual weight (Kg)

62.2 (14.6)

 

Percent weight loss 6-months prior to HPN start (percent)

16.9 (9.3)

 

Albumin (g/DL)

2.9 (0.62)

 

Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS)

60.1 (10.8)

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