Table 4.
Baseline nutritional characteristics.
| Nutritional Characteristics | Head and Neck (n = 119) n (%) |
Esophageal (n = 51) n (%) |
All (n = 170) n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (kg) | ||||
| median [Q1, Q3] | 77 [67, 91] | 85 [75, 95] | 81 [70, 91] | |
| Height (cm) | ||||
| median [Q1, Q3] | 173 [168, 178] | 176 [170, 182] | 174 [169, 179] | |
| BMI a (kg/m2) | ||||
| median [Q1, Q3] | 26 [23, 30] | 27 [25, 31] | 26 [23, 30] | |
| Was a nutrition diagnosis made? | ||||
| Yes | 52 (43.7%) | 33 (64.7%) | 85 (50.0%) | |
| No | 27 (22.7%) | 1 (2.0%) | 28 (16.5%) | |
| No data | 40 (33.6%) | 17 (33.3%) | 57 (33.5%) | |
| Nutritional Risk, PG-SGA b Short Form Score | ||||
| (n) median [Q1, Q3] | (116) 5 [1, 10] | (47) 8 [4, 11] | 6 [2, 11] | |
| Location patient first introduced to cancer care setting | ||||
| Inpatient | 14 (11.8%) | 4 (7.8%) | 18 (10.6%) | |
| Outpatient | 105 (88.2%) | 47 (92.2%) | 152 (89.4%) | |
| Did patient receive EN c or PN d within the last month prior to study enrollment? | ||||
| Yes | 16 (13.4%) | 6 (11.8%) | 22 (12.9%) | |
| No | 103 (86.6%) | 45 (88.2%) | 148 (87.1%) | |
a BMI = Body Mass Index; b PG-SGA = Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment; c EN = Enteral Nutrition; d PN = Parenteral Nutrition.