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Table 2 Participant demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Nutritional status of cancer outpatients using scored patient generated subjective global assessment in two cancer treatment centers, Nairobi, Kenya

Variable

Number

Percent

Sex

Female

338

71.8

Male

133

28.2

Age

Mean(SD) 51.6(13.7)

Stage of cancer

Stage 0

3

.7

Stage 1

69

15.1

Stage 2

124

27.2

Stage 3

124

27.2

Stage 4

111

24.3

Don’t know

25

5.5

Type of cancer

Lip, oral cavity and pharynx

87

18.5

Respiratory organs

7

1.5

Bone, cartilage, melanoma

16

3.4

Breast

140

29.7

Female genital

108

22.9

Haematopoietic

8

1.7

Kaposi sarcoma

6

1.3