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. 2020 Dec 14;9(12):4041. doi: 10.3390/jcm9124041

Table 3.

Impact of the clinical-demographic, nutritional and genetic factors on the nutrition risk screening (NRS).

Variable NRS
<3 ≥3 p
OR [95%CI]
Gender Male 40 (67.80%) 19 (32.20%) 0.8901
Female 7 (70.00%) 3 (30.00%) 0.90 [0.21–3.88]
Age (years) ≥65 19 (65.52%) 10 (34.48%) 0.6935
<65 28 (70.00%) 12 (30.00%) 0.81 [0.29–2.26]
Histopathological diagnosis Squamous-cell carcinoma 45 (70.31%) 19 (29.69%) 0.1834
Others 2 (40.00%) 3 (60.00%) 3.55 [0.55–23.00]
Tumor location Oropharyngeal 21 (72.41%) 8 (27.59%) 0.5150
Others 26 (65.00%) 14 (35.00%) 1.41 [0.50–4.01]
Larynx 23 (63.89%) 13 (36.11%) 0.4325
Others 24 (72.73%) 9 (27.27%) 0.66 [0.24–1.84]
T stage T1–3 24 (66.67%) 12 (33.33%) 0.7874
T4 23 (69.70%) 10 (59.30%) 0.87 [0.31–2.40]
N stage N0 13 (56.52%) 10 (43.48%) 0.1477
N1–3 34 (33.26%) 12 (66.74%) 0.46 [0.16–1.32]
M stage M0 46 (67.65%) 22 (32.35%) 0.8216
M1 1 (100.00%) - 0.69 [0.03–17.59]
Disease stage III 12 (60.00%) 8 (40.00%) 0.3576
IVA-IVC 35 (71.43%) 14 (28.57%) 0.60 [0.20–1.78]
Performance status (PS) ≤1 39 (66.10%) 20 (13.90%) 0.3907
>1 8 (80.00%) 2 (20.00%) 0.49 [0.09–2.51]
Alcohol consumption Yes 19 (65.52%) 10 (34.48%) 0.6935
No 28 (70.00%) 12 (30.00%) 0.81 [0.29–2.26]
Smoking status Smoker 35 (68.63%) 16 (31.27%) 0.8700
Non-smoker 12 (66.67%) 6 (33.33%) 1.09 [0.34–3.43]
Concurrent C-RT Yes 17 (60.71%) 11(39.29%) 0.2779
No 30 (73.17%) 11 (26.83%) 0.57 [0.20–1.58]
ITGAM genotype AA 20 (68.97%) 9 (31.03%) 0.8974
GA or GG 27 (67.50%) 13 (32.50%) 1.07 [0.38–2.99]
GG 4 (66.67%) 2 (33.33%) 0.9365
GA or AA 43 (68.25%) 20 (31.75%) 0.93 [0.16–5.51]