Comparison of different nutritional assessments in detecting malnutrition among gastric cancer patients

Table 3 Correlation coefficients and P values for patient data and nutritional assessment techniques

	SGA1		NRS-20022		NRI3
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Age (yr)	0.118	0.297	0.246	0.028	0.035	0.758
Weight (kg)	-0.132	0.243	-0.314	0.005	-0.091	0.425
Weight loss (%)	0.754	0.000	0.690	0.000	0.199	0.166
TSF (mm)	-0.272	0.015	-0.234	0.037	-0.048	0.669
MAC (cm)	-0.228	0.042	-0.378	0.001	-0.170	0.132
BMI (kg/m2)	-0.279	0.012	-0.393	0.000	-0.109	0.335
Albumin (g/dL)	0.004	0.971	-0.043	0.703	-0.783	0.000
Total protein (g/dL)	-0.086	0.448	-0.062	0.583	-0.636	0.000
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	-0.006	0.955	0.088	0.436	-0.285	0.010
TLC (× 103/mm3)	0.038	0.738	-0.008	0.943	-0.116	0.305

¹SGA rating: 0, not malnourished; 1, moderate malnutrition; 2, severe malnutrition;

²NRS-2002 rating: 0, no risk; 1, medium risk; 2, high risk;

³NRI rating: 0, not malnourished; 1, mild malnutrition; 2, moderate malnutrition; 3, severe malnutrition; All P values were determined with the use of Pearson’s correlation coefficient.