Table 3.

Disease- and treatment-related factors and nutritional status among adult cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment in the cancer center, Ethiopia (n = 281).

Variables	Category	Malnourished	Not malnourished
Type of cancer	Breast Colorectal Lung Gastric NPC	46 (56.8%) 36 (56.2%) 29 (64.4%) 19 (46.3%) 29 (74.4%)	36 (43.2%) 28 (43.8%) 16 (35.6%) 22 (53.7%) 10 (25.6%)
Stage of cancer	Stage one Stage two Stage three Stage four	5 (38.5%) 35 (47.3%) 57 (58.2%) 59 (74.7%)	8 (61.5%) 39 (52.7%) 41 (41.8%) 20 (25.3%)
Type of treatment	Chemotherapy Chemo radiation Chemo and surgery	116 (56.3%) 19 (73.1%) 29 (59.2%)	90 (43.7%) 7 (26.9%) 20 (40.8&)
Cycle of treatment	Third cycle Fourth cycle Fifth cycle Sixth cycle	34 (47.2%) 54 (66.7%) 43 (71.7%) 33 (48.5%)	38 (52.8%) 27 (33.3%) 17 (28.3%) 35 (51.5%)

NPC: Nasal Pharyngeal Cancer.