Research Article
Changes in Nutritional Status of Cancer Patients Undergoing Proton Radiation Therapy Based on Real-World Data
Table 1
Characteristics of patients.
| Characteristics | Range | Median (IQR) |
| Age (y) | 26–76 | 55 (38, 63) | Weight (kg) | 42–99 | 65 (58, 78) | BMI (kg/m2) | 19.17–36.73 | 24.61 (21.64, 26.44) | Hospitalization duration (day) | 33–78 | 56 (52, 63) |
| Characteristics | n | % |
| Tumor site | Head and neck | 12 | 25.5 | Intracranial | 13 | 27.7 | Lung and chest | 6 | 12.8 | Abdomen, pelvis, and others | 16 | 34.0 |
| Tumor stage | I∼II | 11 | 23.4 | III∼IV | 12 | 25.5 | Other | 26 | 51.1 |
| Education | Primary school or no school | 7 | 14.9 | High school | 26 | 53.3 | College or above | 14 | 29.8 |
| Marital status | Married | 43 | 91.5 | Single or along | 4 | 8.8 |
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IQR: interquartile range, BMI: body mass index.
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