Table 3.
Comparison of nutritional parameters in different SGA grades
| Nutritional parameters |
The grade of SGA |
F | P | Correlation coeffient (r) | P | ||
| SGA-A | SGA-B | SGA-C | |||||
| Weight loss (%) | 2.2 ± 2.9 | 9.7 ± 7.0 | 23.2 ± 12.6 | 296.0 | 0.000 | 0.65 | 0.00 |
| BMI | 23.4 ± 3.0 | 21.2 ± 2.8 | 19.0 ± 3.3 | 70.8 | 0.000 | 0.40 | 0.00 |
| TSF (mm) | |||||||
| Male | 16.0 ± 8.5 | 10.5 ± 6.2 | 9.2 ± 6.5 | 31.9 | 0.000 | 0.34 | 0.00 |
| Female | 25.0 ± 10.2 | 17.4 ± 8.3 | 14.4 ± 10.0 | 26.6 | 0.000 | 0.38 | 0.00 |
| MAMC (cm) | |||||||
| Male | 21.8 ± 2.3 | 21.9 ± 2.1 | 20.6 ± 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.095 | 0.03 | 0.50 |
| Female | 18.2 ± 2.5 | 18.6 ± 2.4 | 16.8 ± 2.5 | 4.1 | 0.018 | 0.02 | 0.71 |
| ALB (g/L) | 37.7 ± 4.2 | 35.7 ± 5.7 | 30.5 ± 6.6 | 36.9 | 0.000 | 0.29 | 0.00 |
| PA (mg/L) | 246.7 ± 41.5 | 221.7 ± 49.2 | 159.6 ± 52.9 | 59.5 | 0.000 | 0.37 | 0.00 |