Table 3. Multivariable Analysis in Patients Who Had Involuntary Weight Loss and Comparison with Hernandez Study^*.

Variable	All patients (290 patients)			Patients included by the first criterion (known amount of weight loss) (228 patients)			Hernandez study [5]
	Odds Ratio	(95% Confidence Interval)	P	Odds Ratio	(95% Confidence Interval)	P	Odds Ratio
Age >80 y	1.2	(0.4–3.7)	.82	0.8	(0.2–3.0)	.69	3.4
High white blood cell count	2.2	(0.9–5.1)	.07	1.8	(0.7–4.7)	.21	3.6
Low serum albumin	2.6	(1.3–5.2)	.02	2.5	(1.1–5.6)	.02	6.7
High serum alkaline phosphatase	2.3	(1.2–4.7)	.01	2.1	(1.0–4.2)	.04	12
High serum lactate dehydrogenase	1.3	(0.6–2.5)	.53	1.3	(0.6–2.8)	.48	12.5
AUC	0.70 (0.61–0.78)			0.70 (0.61–0.80)			0.89 (0.87–0.91)

*Logistic regression. Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve.