Research Article
Altered Preoperative Nutritional Status in Colorectal Cancer: A Not So Infrequent Issue
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of the population at nutritional risk.
| | Sex | N (%) |
| | Female | 45 (34.6) | | Male | 85 (65.4) |
| | Age (SD) | 69.9 (SD = 9.5) |
| | Comorbidities | |
| | HTA | 72 (55.3) | | Diabetes mellitus | 33 (25.4) | | Dyslipidemia | 52 (4 0) | | Heart disease | 17 (13) | | EPOC | 18 (13.8) | | Thyroid disease | 14 (10.8) |
| | Toxic habits | | | Active smoker | 16 (12.3) | | Former smoker | 65 (50) | | Alcohol occasional | 26 (86.7) | | Alcohol moderate | 32 (14.6) | | Alcohol abuse | 2 (1.5) |
| | ASA | | | ASA I | 5 (3.8) | | ASA II | 78 (60) | | ASA III | 36 (27.7) | | ASA IV | 2 (1.5) |
| | Neoplasm location | | | Right colon | 51 (36.7) | | Transverse colon | 3 (2.2) | | Left colon | 47 (33.8) | | Sigma | 28 (20.1) | | Rectum | 10 (7.2) |
| | Symptomatic status at diagnosis | | | Nonsymtomatic (FOB+) | 40 (28.8) | | Rectorrhagia | 43 (31) | | Anemia | 29 (20.9) | | Constitutional syndrome | 5 (3.6) | | Constitutional syndrome and anemia | 14 (10) | | Others | 8 (5.7) |
| | BMI (SD) | 27.33 (SD = 3.88) |
| | MUST score | |
| | 0 points | 31 (30) |
| | 1-2 points | 47 (44.9) |
| | >2 points | 27 (25) |
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