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Table 3 Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of deaths from gastric cancer according to PG-SGA and NUTRISCORE scores

From: Associations of patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) and NUTRISCORE with survival in gastric cancer patients: timing matters, a retrospective cohort study

By time point

PG-SGA

NUTRISCORE

≤ 5

6–8

9–11

≥ 12

P for trend

≤ 4

5

6

≥ 7

P for trend

1st nutritional consultation

 N (score means ± SD)

177 (3.6 ± 1.4)

229 (7.1 ± 0.8)

256 (10.0 ± 0.8)

290 (15.3 ± 3.2)

 

135 (3.9 ± 0.3)

313 (5.0 ± 0.0)

336 (6.0 ± 0.0)

168 (7.1 ± 0.3)

 

 No. of cases/person-years

35/836.2

39/1182.3

38/1341.6

50/1498.8

 

31/635.4

48/1624.3

47/1757.0

36/842.3

 

  Model 1a

1.00

0.83 (0.53–1.31)

0.71 (0.45–1.12)

0.85 (0.55–1.31)

0.493

1.00

0.65 (0.41–1.01)

0.57 (0.36–0.90)

0.92 (0.56–1.49)

0.674

  Model 2b

1.00

0.83 (0.53–1.32)

0.68 (0.43–1.08)

0.72 (0.47–1.12)

0.143

1.00

0.64 (0.40–1.01)

0.50 (0.32–0.78)

0.70 (0.43–1.14)

0.112

  Model 3c

1.00

0.89 (0.56–1.42)

0.76 (0.47–1.23)

0.81 (0.51–1.29)

0.361

1.00

0.70 (0.44–1.14)

0.62 (0.36–1.07)

0.98 (0.51–1.90)

0.876

2nd nutritional consultation

 N (score means ± SD)

161 (3.1 ± 1.3)

102 (7.0 ± 0.8)

76 (10.1 ± 0.9)

109 (15.1 ± 2.8)

 

288 (3.8 ± 0.4)

241 (5.0 ± 0.0)

99 (6.0 ± 0.0)

16 (7.4 ± 0.6)

 

 No. of cases/person-years

21/816.4

18/503.4

19/382.4

16/551.5

 

41/1484.3

41/1232.8

21/494.2

4/80.9

 

  Model 1a

1.00

1.47 (0.78–2.77)

2.10 (1.13–3.92)

1.25 (0.65–2.42)

0.319

1.00

1.25 (0.81–1.93)

1.64 (0.96–2.78)

2.12 (0.76–5.95)

0.034

  Model 2b

1.00

1.22 (0.64–2.33)

2.05 (1.09–3.88)

1.01 (0.51–1.99)

0.725

1.00

1.03 (0.66–1.61)

1.14 (0.65–1.97)

1.17 (0.41–3.36)

0.630

  Model 3c

1.00

1.32 (0.67–2.60)

2.45 (1.23–4.86)

1.19 (0.56–2.56)

0.459

1.00

1.10 (0.68–1.76)

1.38 (0.72–2.62)

1.70 (0.50–5.74)

0.285

3rd nutritional consultation

 N (score means ± SD)

32 (3.3 ± 1.2)

31 (7.1 ± 0.7)

32 (10.1 ± 0.9)

69 (15.3 ± 2.9)

 

87 (3.7 ± 0.4)

93 (5.0 ± 0.0)

86 (6.0 ± 0.0)

21 (7.0 ± 0.2)

 

 No. of cases/person-years

4/165.8

3/174.3

8/156.5

13/372.5

 

12/454.4

21/446.8

12/489.3

6/96.5

 

  Model 1a

1.00

0.71 (0.16–3.23)

2.21 (0.61–7.93)

1.60 (0.51–5.05)

0.286

1.00

1.71 (0.84–3.50)

1.00 (0.44–2.28)

1.99 (0.74–5.36)

0.512

  Model 2b

1.00

0.72 (0.16–3.25)

1.64 (0.44–6.08)

1.58 (0.49–5.10)

0.293

1.00

1.12 (0.54–2.33)

0.66 (0.29–1.53)

1.34 (0.48–3.76)

0.723

  Model 3c

1.00

0.73 (0.15–3.44)

1.72 (0.44–6.67)

1.88 (0.49–7.23)

0.215

1.00

1.38 (0.64–3.01)

1.25 (0.45–3.45)

3.48 (0.94–12.88)

0.177

  1. PG-SGA patient generated-subjective global assessment
  2. aModel 1 was adjusted for age at surgery and sex
  3. bModel 2 was adjusted for types of operation (STG or TG), and stages (stage I and II or stage III) in addition to variables in model 1
  4. cModel 3 was adjusted for weight loss (kg, continuous), body mass index (kg/m2, continuous), digestive symptoms (yes or no), and protein intake relative to requirement (≥ 75% or < 75%) at each nutritional consultation in additional to variables in model 2