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. 2012 Feb 7;20(8):1919–1928. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1387-x

Table 3.

Frequency of patients at nutritional risk (NRS score ≥3), estimated by the multivariable logistic model

Tumour site Anorexia Fatigue ECOG performance status
0 (%) 1 (%) 2 (%) 3–4 (%)
Lower GI Absent Absent 7.9 26.0 56.5 73.7
Present 15.2 42.2 73.0 85.4
Present Absent 10.7 32.8 64.4 79.6
Present 37.0 70.5 89.9 95.0
Upper GI Absent Absent 15.4 42.6 73.3 85.6
Present 27.5 60.7 85.1 92.5
Present Absent 20.2 50.8 79.3 89.2
Present 55.4 83.5 94.9 97.6
Respiratory Absent Absent 9.6 30.0 61.4 77.4
Present 18.0 47.2 76.8 87.7
Present Absent 12.8 37.4 68.9 82.7
Present 41.9 74.5 91.6 95.9
Other Absent Absent 11.2 33.9 65.5 80.4
Present 20.8 51.6 79.8 89.5
Present Absent 14.9 41.6 725 85.1
Present 46.2 77.7 92.8 96.5