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Table 2 Basic clinical information stratified by nutritional status

From: The correlation between skeletal muscle index of the L3 vertebral body and malnutrition in patients with advanced lung cancer

Factor

PG-SGA A

PG-SGA B

PG-SGA C

t*

p*

t#

p#

n = 30

n = 54

n = 26

Age

63.46 ± 10.01

60.42 ± 8.76

55.03 ± 10.40

−2.422

0.018

−3.085

0.003

PA

145.67 ± 82.49

184.44 ± 84.80

221.53 ± 59.24

2.265

0.027

3.989

< 0.001

ALB

39.00 ± 2.49

39.38 ± 4.69

39.00 ± 2.49

−.0457

0.649

1.709

0.096

BMI

22.50 ± 3.33

24.04 ± 2.64

23.52 ± 3.14

−0.772

0.442

1.176

0.245

PhA

4.79 ± 0.99

5.31 ± 0.69

6.10 ± 0.78

4.572

< 0.001

5.417

< 0.001

NLR

4.07 ± 3.34

3.09 ± 1.47

2.47 ± 0.92

−1.683

0.097

−2.193

0.037

PLR

189.42 ± 118.40

182.45 ± 112.86

143.04 ± 48.72

−1.460

0.149

−1.742

0.091

L3 SMI

27.40 ± 4.25

38.19 ± 6.17

47.96 ± 5.02

7.022

< 0.001

16.573

< 0.001

  1. PA prealbumin, ALB albumin, BMI Body mass index, PhA phase angle, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, L3 SMI L3 skeletal muscle index, PG-SGA the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment
  2. * The reference category was PG-SGA Group C, and the analysis category was PG-SGA Group B
  3. # The reference category was PG-SGA Group C, and the analysis category was PG-SGA Group A