Table 3.

Predictive value of nutritional assessment methods on survival in male and female patients with head and neck cancer.

Variables	Cutoff▴ (sens – spec)	Cutoff▴ (sens – spec)
	Males	Females
Phase angle
PA	5.1 (0.642–0.620)***	4.8 (0.728–0.678)**
SPA	−0.75 (0.554–0.647)*	0.3 (0.589–0.785)**
Muscle mass
BCM	28.6 (0.458–0.833)***	17.0 (0.864–0.571)**
BCMI	8.1 (0.831–0.464)***	6.7 (0.913–0.392)
FFMI	16.9 (0.861–0.380)**	18.6 (0.25–0.877)
SMI	9.0 (0.649–0.597)**	5.5 (0.744–0.983)
Muscle quality
FM	20.3 (0.443–0.708)*	11.1 (0.909–0.296)
FMI	8.5 (0.255–0.873)	4.1 (0.41–0.269)

Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and cutoff without adjusting for variables for the nutritional assessment methods and survival in patients with head and neck cancer. BCM, body cell mass; BCMI, BCM index; FFMI, fat-free mass index; FM, fat mass; FMI, FM index; OR, odds ratio; PA, phase angle; SMI, skeletal muscle index; SPA, standardized PA.