Low body mass index demonstrates satisfactory specificity for diagnosing malnutrition and is associated with longer hospitalization in patients with gastrointestinal or head and neck cancer: a prospective cohort study
Low BMI showed adequate specificity for diagnosing malnutrition and was associated with longer LOS in patients with gastrointestinal or head and neck cancer. Further research is needed to explore how improved screening, interventions and nutritional support could reduce malnutrition rates in cancer patients.
Authors
- Camilla Horn Soares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-9660)
- Giovanna Potrick Stefani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7469-0268)
- Laura Machado Scott
- Thaís Steemburgo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3351-9901)
- Mariana Scortegagna Crestani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-7110)
Institutions
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ecancermedicalscience
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2025.1846
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul