Table 2.

Characteristics and anthropometric data of cystic echinococcosis by nutritional status.

Patient characteristics	NRS2002			MUST			MNA-SF			NRI
	No/low risk	High risk	P	low risk	Moderate/high risk	P	No risk	Risk	p	No risk	Risk	p
Age	42.47 ± 15.53	42.90 ± 20.51	0.863	41.75 ± 14.24	43.49 ± 20.41	0.449	41.26 ± 15.22	44.20 ± 20.02	0.213	40.20 ± 16.06	44.99 ± 18.86	0.038*
Gender
Male	46	59	<0.001*	43	56	0.184	48	51	0.258	50	49	0.679
Female	93	41		70	64		75	59		64	70
Height (cm)	1.63 ± 0.10	1.65 ± 0.14	0.161	1.65 ± 0.08	1.62 ± 0.14	0.064	1.64 ± 0.09	1.63 ± 0.14	0.222	1.64 ± 0.11	1.62 ± 0.12	0.323
Weight (kg)	62.22 ± 12.82	52.50 ± 11.31	<0.001*	65.01 ± 10.90	51.98 ± 11.83	<0.001*	63.53 ± 11.68	52.45 ± 12.16	<0.001*	61.63 ± 13.38	55.11 ± 12.07	<0.001*
BMI (kg/m2)	23.30 ± 3.65	19.04 ± 2.36	<0.001*	23.75 ± 3.17	19.54 ± 3.19	<0.001*	23.34 ± 3.37	19.62 ± 3.30	<0.001*	22.62 ± 3.93	20.59 ± 3.43	<0.001*
ALB (U/L)	38.06 ± 5.09	35.93 ± 4.99	0.002*	38.43 ± 4.65	36.04 ± 5.34	<0.001*	38.37 ± 4.87	35.91 ± 5.17	<0.001*	41.29 ± 2.63	33.29 ± 3.74	<0.001*

Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index; ALB, Albumin; NRS 2002, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002; MUST, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; MNA-SF, Short Form of Mini Nutritional Assessment; NRI, nutrition risk index; ESPEN, European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism.

^*Values expressing statistical significance (p ≤ 0.05).