Wang, Pengpeng and Soh, Kim Lam and Ying, Yanping and Liao, Jinlian and Huang, Xueling and Zhao, Huihan and Pan, Xiao and Deng, Lan and Yu, Xiaoxia (2023) Risk factors for malnutrition in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Supportive Care in Cancer, 31 (12). ISSN 0941-4355, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-08166-8.
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Background Malnutrition is a common complication in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, there are few studies on risk factors for malnutrition in NPC patients. Our aims were to identify the risk factors for malnutrition in NPC patients.Methods NPC patients were recruited in this cross-sectional study, and they were divided into well-nourished and malnourished groups according to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM). Potential risk factors were initially screened using univariate analysis (p < 0.1), and the selected ones were analyzed by logistic regression analysis (p < 0.05) to identify the risk factors for malnutrition in NPC patients.Results In total, 305 NPC patients meeting eligibility criteria were enrolled. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that low body mass index (BMI) (OR = 0.596, 95% CI 0.520-0.683, p < 0.001), the high total radiation dose received (OR = 1.046, 95% CI 1.023-1.069, p < 0.001), appetite loss (OR = 2.839, 95% CI 1.269-6.353, p = 0.011), and low PA (OR = 0.993, 95% CI 0.988-0.998, p = 0.008) were risk factors for malnutrition in NPC patients.Conclusions The low BMI, the high total radiation dose received, appetite loss, and low prealbumin were risk factors for malnutrition in NPC patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Nutrition; Malnutrition; Risk factors; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; GLIM; Assessment |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Languages and Linguistics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2025 08:48 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2025 08:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/50094 |
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