Table 4.
Independent factors associated with malnutrition
| Sample | Outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | N(%) | RRunadjusted(CI95%) | p value | RRadjusted(CI95%) | p value |
| Distal level | ||||||
| Smoking | 0.005 | 0.015 | ||||
| Smoker/ex-smoker | 138 | 109(79.0) | 1.25(1.07 – 1.45) | 1.21(1.04 – 1.40) | ||
| Never smoke | 139 | 88(63.3) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Socioeconomic class | 0.003 | 0.012 | ||||
| A and B | 65 | 36(55.4) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| C | 146 | 106(72.6) | 1.31(1.03 – 1.67) | 1.30(1.02 – 1.65) | ||
| D and E | 66 | 55(83.3) | 1.50(1.18 – 1.92) | 1.44(1.13 – 1.84) | ||
| Intermediate level | ||||||
| Performance status | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| <2 | 149 | 84(56.4) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| ≥2 | 128 | 113(88.3) | 1.57(1.34 – 1.83) | 1.50(1.30 – 1.75) | ||
| Proximal level | ||||||
| Age | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| <60 | 168 | 102(60.7) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| ≥60 | 109 | 95(87.2) | 1.44(1.25 – 1.65) | 1.36(1.19 – 1.56) | ||
RR risk ratio, CI confidence interval, p significance level