Assessment of Nutritional Status, Digestion and Absorption, and Quality of Life in Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Table 2
Results of the parameters of the nutritional assessment.
Parameter
Mean (SD) or median (IQR)1
Criteria or reference value
Number of patients
Height (cm)
172 (9)
Weight (kg)
70.3 (8.4)
BMI (kg/m2)
23.9 (2.5)
BMI < 18.5 kg/m2
BMI < 20 (<70 y) or <22 (≥70 y) kg/m2
Weight loss in past 6 months (%)2
13 (6–17)
Weight loss > 10% in 6 months
Fat-free mass (kg)
M: 54.0 (49.8–58.0)
F: 41.0 (38.3–43.8)
Fat-free mass index (kg/m2)
M: 17.0 (1.7)
FFMI < 17.0 (M) or <15.0 (F) kg/m2
F: 14.9 (0.9)
Handgrip strength (kg)
M: 33.7 (8)
HGS < P10
F: 24.8 (6)
REE (kcal/d)3
m 1829 (1622–2030)
p 1372 (1316–1440)
mREE/pREE (%)3
133 (115–147)
TEE (kcal/d)3
m 2378 (2109–2639)
p 1786 (1730–1885)
m-p = ∆590 (276–736)
Energy intake (kcal/d)4
1926 (1681–2283)
Protein intake (g/kg/d)4
1.0 (0.4)
<1.2 g/kg/d
Vitamin A (μmol/L)
2.1 (1.3–2.5)
<1.2 μmol/L
Vitamin E (μmol/L)
25 (22–31)
<20 μmol/L
Vitamin D (25-OH) (nmol/L)
46 (34–70)
<50 nmol/L
APPT (s)
34 (32–37)
>40 s
INR (s)
1.03 (0.98–1.05)
>1.10 s
1Mean (SD) in case of normally distributed variables and median (IQR) in case of not normally distributed variables. 2: two persons could not recall their historical weight (pregnancy and unknown reason). 3: one patient skipped the REE measurement because of too much mental stress/tiredness during the test day. 4: one patient could not start a food diary because of an emergency IRE treatment. M: male; F: female; m: measured; p: predicted by WHO’85; REE: resting energy expenditure; TEE: total energy expenditure.