Relation of Malnutrition and Nosocomical Infections in Cancer Patients in Hospital: An Observational Study

Table 3

Prevalence of moderate malnutrition, severe malnutrition, dynapenia, and sarcopenia by type of tumor.

Type of cancer	N	Moderate malnutrition (%)	Severe malnutrition (%)	Dynapenia (%)	Sarcopenia (%)	Decreased FM (%)
Lung	28	25.0	50	61.7	7.1	14.3
Colorectal	14	7.1	50	74.7	28.6	28.6
Gastro-esophageal	13	23.1	46.2	67.3	30.8	30.8
Head and neck	9	11.1	77.8	88.0	66.7	33.3
Breast	9	0	22.2	87.0	0	11.1
Urinary	8	22.2	22.2	54.7	11.1	11.1
Gynecologic	8	0	33.3	65.7	0	0
Sarcoma	6	33.3	16.7	64.8	0	33.3
Pancreatic-biliary	6	0	66.7	66.7	16.7	33.3
Other tumors	6	42.8	26.6	57.1	0	28.6

FM: fat mass. Percentage is calculated as per number of patients with nutritional status and a certain type of tumor divided by total number of patients in the study.