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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Validation of the efficacy of the NUTRISCORE for the nutritional screening of cancer patients in China

Characteristics

n (%)

Age, y, mean ± SD

55.9 + 11.8

Range

19–92

Sex

 Male

475 (47.5)

 Female

525 (52.5)

Education

 Primary school

210 (21.0)

 Secondary Education

577 (57.7)

 College education

213 (21.3)

Diagnose

 Lung cancer

344 (34.4)

 Breast cancer

196 (19.6)

 Gastric cancer

78 (7.8)

 Liver cancer

39 (3.9)

 Esophageal cancer

28 (2.8)

 Colorectal cancer

83 (8.3)

 Cervical cancer

24 (2.4)

 Ovarian cancer

28 (2.8)

 Leukemia

131 (13.1)

 Lymphoma

39 (3.9)

 Others

10 (0.1)

Family tumor history

60 (6.1)

NUTRISCORE ≥ 5

29 (2.9)

MST ≥ 2

367 (36.7)

PG-SGA B + C

450 (45.0)

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, MST Malnutrition Screening Tool, PG-SGA Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment