Table 3.
Analysis of PG-SGA score with factors affecting nutritional status
| Cases (n) | PG-SGA score
|
Statistical value | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median ± SD | ||||
|
| ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≥60 | 300 | 8±2.20 | ||
| <60 | 195 | 6±1.60 | u=−2.226 | 0.026 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 350 | 6±0.96 | ||
| Female | 145 | 7±1.12 | t=−9.254 | <0.001 |
| Type of lung cancer | ||||
| NSCLC | 307 | 5±0.80 | ||
| SCLC | 188 | 7±0.64 | u=−9.605 | <0.001 |
| TNM stage | ||||
| III B | 165 | 5±1.09 | ||
| IV | 330 | 8±1.02 | t=18.893 | <0.001 |
| Smoking condition | ||||
| Yes | 440 | 7±0.91 | ||
| No | 55 | 4±1.17 | t=15.598 | <0.001 |
| Anemia | ||||
| Yes | 193 | 7±0.73 | ||
| No | 302 | 6±0.47 | u=–12.006 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||
| <18.5 | 140 | 7±0.67 | ||
| ≥18.5 and <25.0 | 240 | 6±0.42 | ||
| ≥25.0 | 115 | 4±0.68 | <0.001 | |
| Pre-albumin (mg/dL) | ||||
| <20 mg/dL | 152 | 8±0.49 | ||
| ≥20 mg/dL | 343 | 6±0.54 | t=55.708 | <0.001 |
| Albumin | ||||
| <35 g/L | 132 | 8±0.48 | ||
| ≥35 g/L | 363 | 6±0.48 | t=40.808 | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; PG-SGA, Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment; SCLC, small-cell lung cancer.