Table 2.

Adherence to ESPEN guidelines at baseline and change in nutritional status per cancer type category.

(%)	Patients Meeting at Least the Minimum ESPEN Energy Recommendations (≥25 kcal/kg/Day) (N = 15)	Patients Not Meeting at Least the Minimum ESPEN Energy Recommendations (<25 kcal/kg/Day) (N = 85)	p	Patients Meeting at Least the Minimum ESPEN Protein Recommendations (≥1 g/kg/Day) (N = 27)	Patients Not Meeting at Least the Minimum ESPEN Protein Recommendations (<1 g/kg/Day) (N = 73)	p
Head, neck, and spinal
No change	34.5	0	0.006	31	3.6	0.097
Improvement	10.4	6.9		6.9	10.3
Deterioration	48.2	0		37.9	10.3
GI tract and colorectal cancer
No change	63.6	0	0.053	59.1	4.5	0.180
Improvement	22.6	4.6		18.3	9.1
Deterioration	4.6	4.6		4.5	4.5
Lung
No change	38.5	23.1	0.928	23.1	38.5	0.065
Improvement	7.7	7.7		0	15.3
Deterioration	15.3	7.7		23.1	0
Breast
No change	33.3	0	0.466	25	8.3	0.539
Improvement	25	0		8.3	16.7
Deterioration	33.3	8.4		25	16.7
Other
No change	38.5	7.6	0.263	38.4	7.7	0.658
Improvement	15.4	15.4		23.1	7.7
Deterioration	23.1	0		23.1	0

Values presented as %. p: Pearson chi-square p-value.