Table 2.

Mean NRS score and percentage of patients with nutritional risk (NRS score ≥3), according to main patients’ characteristics

	No. of pts.	Mean	P	Score ≥3
				%	P
Factor
Tumour site
Oral cavity	116	1.5		28.5
Oesophagus	80	3.1		62.5
Stomach	206	2.3		43.7
Pancreas	90	2.6	<0.0001a	54.3	<0.0001a
Small bowel	33	1.1	<0.0001b	6.1	0.0002b
Colon–rectum	518	1.5		24.3
Lung	217	1.7		28.1
Upper respiratory airways	84	1.4		28.6
Other	107	1.4		25.2
Tumour stage
0	10	0.6		10.0
I	51	1.4	<0.0001a	19.6	<0.0001a
II	150	1.5	0.0308b	23.3	0.1333b
III	298	1.8		33.2
IV	578	1.7		29.8
ECOG PS
0	514	0.9		10.1
1	426	2.0	<0.0001a	35.5	<0.0001a
2	185	3.3	<0.0001b	79.5	<0.0001b
3	47	4.0		91.5
4	4	5.0		100.0
Therapy
Never treated	203	1.6		29.6
Past treated	234	2.1	0.0017a	40.6	0.0052a
Ongoing, one	838	1.7	0.0742b	28.8	0.0669b
Ongoing, two	164	1.9		37.2
Ongoing, three	14	2.1		35.7
Anorexia
No	683	1.0	<0.0001a	11.0	<0.0001a
Mild	362	2.0	<0.0001b	36.5	<0.0001b
Moderate	304	2.7		57.9
Severe	97	3.5		79.4
Anorexia syndrome
No	349	0.8	<0.0001a	6.0	<0.0001a,c
Mild	401	1.5		22.0
Moderate	477	2.2		41.5
Severe	224	3.0		69.2
Fatigue
No	455	0.9	<0.0001b	11.4	<0.0001a
Mild	536	1.7	<0.0001a	23.5	<0.0001b
Moderate	359	2.6		58.2
Severe	99	3.4		75.8

^a P value from the univariable analysis

^b P value from the multivariable analysis

^cNot included in the multivariable analysis