Altered Preoperative Nutritional Status in Colorectal Cancer: A Not So Infrequent Issue

Table 3

Analysis of nutritional variables by group of patients according to symptomatic state at diagnosis.

	Asymptomatic (screening)	Symptomatic	value
BMI	27.3 (SD = 3)	27.4 (SD = 4)	0.9
Weight loss	N (%)	N (%)	value
No weight loss	18 (27.7)	26 (40.6)	0.016
Weight loss ≤5 kg	9 (13.8)	15 (23.4)
Weight loss 5–10 kg	12 (18.5)	21 (32.8)
Weight loss ≥10 kg	1 (1.5)	2 (3.1)
Not asked	25 (38.5)	0 (0)
Biochemical parameter study	Media (SD)	Media (SD)	value
Albumin	4.5 (0.7)	4.1 (0.5)	0.004
Prealbumin	25.5 (5.8)	23.9 (5.7)	0.3
Serum total protein	6.8 (0.6)	6.7 (0.8)	0.6
RBP	4.4 (1)	4.2 (0.9)	0.5
Lymphocytes	2.8 (2.7)	2.4 (1.9)	0.4
Cholesterol	185 (34)	161 (38)	0.002
Total number of analytical parameters altered	Asymptomatic N (%)	Symptomatic N (%)	value
No altered parameter	13 (46.4)	15 (53.6)	0.049
1-2 altered parameters	20 (25)	60 (75)
≥2 altered parameters	4 (18.2)	18 (81.8)