Table 1. Demographic and nutritional characteristics of patients with HNC assessed in the Brazilian survey of oncology nutrition (n = 353).
| Variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 73 | 20.68 |
| Male | 280 | 79.32 |
| Age (years) | ||
| <60 | 138 | 38.89 |
| ≥60 | 215 | 61.11 |
| Region of country | ||
| Central-West | 43 | 12.18 |
| North-East | 92 | 26.06 |
| North | 7 | 1.98 |
| South-East | 170 | 48.16 |
| South | 41 | 11.61 |
| Number of nutrition impact symptoms | ||
| 0 | 102 | 28.90 |
| 1–3 | 195 | 55.24 |
| ≥3 | 56 | 15.86 |
| Most prevalent nutrition impact symptoms | ||
| Dysphagia | 142 | 40.23 |
| Poor appetite | 81 | 22.95 |
| Xerostomia | 69 | 19.55 |
| Mouth pain | 63 | 17.85 |
| PG-SGA SF© final score (points) (median/IQR) | 11 | 5-17 |
| PG-SGA SF© final score (points) | ||
| 0–1 | 32 | 9.07 |
| 2–3 | 38 | 10.76 |
| 4–8 | 80 | 22.66 |
| ≥ 9 | 203 | 57.51 |
| Nutritional diagnosis by PG-SGA® | ||
| Well nourished (stage A) | 127 | 35.98 |
| Moderately malnourished or suspected malnutrition (stage B) | 140 | 39.66 |
| Severely malnourished (stage C) | 86 | 24.36 |
n = number of observations; % = frequency; IQR = interquartile range (25th to 75th percentile); PG-SGA SF© = Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment short form; PG-SGA® = Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment