Table 3.

Comparison of mean level of serum albumin, TP and Hgb between well-nourished and malnourished by independent sample t-test among adult patients with cancer on treatment follow up at JMC, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia (n = 176), 2021

Blood biomarkers	Total AC	Well-nourished (n = 68(38.6%))	Malnourished (n = 108 (61.4%))	p-value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Serum albumin(g/dl)	3.29 ± 0.67	3.71 ± 0.58	3.03 ± 0.58	0.000 *
TP (g/dl)	6.71 ± 0.99	7.01 ± 1.01	6.52 ± 0.94	0.002*
Hgb (g/dl)	11.98 ± 2.18	13.26 ± 1.51	11.18+/-2.16	0.000*

Note: * statistically significant at p < 0.05; AC- adult cancer SD: Standard deviation.