Table 2.
Level of serum albumin, total protein and hemoglobin based on sex among adult patients with cancer on treatment follow up at JMC, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021(n = 176)
| Variables | Category | Sex | Total N = 176 N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male = 54 N (%) |
Female = 122 N (%) |
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| Hypoalbuminemia |
No Yes |
20(11.4) 34(19.3) |
69(39.2) 53(30.1) |
89(50.6) 87(49.4) |
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| Mean(± SD) 3.29 ± 0.67 | |||||
| Hypoproteinemia |
No Yes |
29(16.5) 25(14.2) |
87(49.4) 35(19.9) |
116(65.9) 60 (34.1) |
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| Mean(± SD) 6.71 ± 0.99 | |||||
| Low hemoglobin level |
No Yes |
22(12.5 ) 32(18.2) |
66(37.5) 56(31.8) |
88(50 ) 88 (50) |
|
| Mean(± SD) 11.98 ± 2.18 | |||||
SD: standard deviation