Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of subjects stratified by the presence of cancer (n = 108)

	General surgery	General oncological surgery	p
N (%)	46 (42.6)	62 (57.4)
Age, years	65.2 ± 18.5	69.7 ± 13.2	0.148
Gender F/M, n	19/27	29/33	0.356*
BMI	25.6 ± 5.4	26.2 ± 4.6	0.515
BADL	5.59 ± 1.52	5.26 ± 1.58	0.282
IADL	6.63 ± 2.01	6.11 ± 2.27	0.223
MMSE	26.1 ± 6.0	24.3 ± 7.1	0.155
MNA	10.5 ± 3.1	8.8 ± 2.9	0.004
LOS	8.0 ± 9.9	16.2 ± 12.0	< 0.0001

Unless otherwise noted, data are presented as means ± SD

BMI body mass index, M male, F female, BADL Basic Activities of Daily Living, IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination (corrected by age and education), MNA Mini Nutritional Assessment, LOS length of hospital stay

*χ² = 0.320