Impact of genetic mutations and nutritional status on the survival of patients with colorectal cancer

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Table 3 Univariate Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis according different nutritional indicators evaluated in the preoperative period of patients with CRC

Nutrition indicators	N	Medium survival (months) (CI 95%)	Log-rank	P
BMI (kg/m²)
< 23.0 (Undernourished)^a / < 18.5 (Undernourished)^b	9	24.1 (14.0–34.2)	9.297	0.026
23.0–28.0 (normal)^a / 18.5–24.9 (normal)^b	20	35.9 (29.4–42.4)
28.0–30.0 (Overweight)^a / 25–29.9 (Overweight)^b	6	46.3 (32.2–60.3)
> 30.0 (obesity)^a / > 30.0 (obesity)^b	11	47.0 (40.1–53.9)
Nutritional Risk Screening – NRS
Nutritional risk	29	33.5 (27.4–39.7)	6.405	0.011
Without nutritional risk	16	51.5 (46.4–56.5)		0.011
PG – SGA
Well nourished	21	47.9 (41.5–54.4)	0.051	0.051
Moderetely malnourished	20	32.6 (25.5–39.6)
Severely malnourished	5	27.4 (13.1–41.8)
Phase angle			5.170	0.023
< 5^o	15	31.8 (23.3–40.4)
> 5^o	25	47.5 (41.5–53.4)
Visceral adipose tisse			4.607	0.032
< 163.8 cm² – male / < 80.1 cm² -female	15	33.0 (22.8–43.3)
> 163.8 cm² - male / > 80.1 cm² – female	24	44.1 (38.3–50.0)
VAT /SAT
< 0.4- male / < 0.4 – female	9	32.7 (22.9–42.4)	0.818	0.366
> 0.4 - male / > 0.4 – female	27	43.1 (36.0–50.2)	0.818	0.366
Sarcopenia
Sarcopenic	19	34.7 (25.2–44.1)	4.930	0.026
Without sarcopenic	20	45.8 (22.9–42.4)

^a Classification BMI to elderly -PAHO; ^b Classification BMI to adults – WHO

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