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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with malignancy according to NRS scores

From: Association between nutritional status and biochemical markers among hematopoietic stem cell transplant candidates: a cross-sectional study

 

Characteristics

Total (n = 278)

NRS < 3 (n = 216)

NRS ≥ 3 (n = 62)

P-value*

 

Age (year)

41.46 ± 14.67

42.55 ± 14.52

37.66 ± 14.64

0.02

 

Sex (male)

161 (57.9)

119 (55.1)

42 (67.7)

0.07

 

Weight (kg)

76.88 ± 14.76

79.09 ± 13.87

69.17 ± 15.29

< 0.001

 

BMI (kg/m2)

26.93 ± 4.70

27.84 ± 4.23

23.73 ± 4.89

< 0.001

Type of malignancy, n (%)

0.008

 

MM, n (%)

99 (35.6)

85 (39.4)

14 (22.6)

 
 

HL, n (%)

55 (19.8)

45 (20.8)

10 (16.1)

 

NHL, n (%)

28 (10.1)

23 (10.6)

5 (8.1)

 

AML, n (%)

61 (21.9)

42 (19.4)

19 (30.6)

 

ALL, n (%)

35 (12.6)

21 (9.7)

14 (22.6)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or number (percent)
  2. Abbreviations: BMI: Body Mass Index; MM: Multiple Myeloma; HL: Hodgkin Lymphoma; NHL: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; AML: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; ALL: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, NRS: Nutrition Risk Screening
  3. *Obtained from the independent sample t-test or Chi-square test, where appropriate