Table 2: Prevalence's and crude prevalence ratios (PR) for nutritional status (at risk of malnutrition or malnourished) in older adults with incident prostate cancer before the beginning of the treatment, Brazil (N = 538).
Variables | At risk of malnutrition or malnourished N (%) | Crude PR | p-value |
(95% CI) | |||
Age (continuous) | 1.04 (1.01-1.07) | 0.003 | |
Marital status | |||
Married/Living with partner | 95 (67.9) | 1 | |
Divorced or separated/single/widowed | 45 (32.1) | 1.42 (1.06-1.90) | 0.023 |
Education Level | |||
Illiterate/Incomplete elementary school | 85 (61.2) | 1 | |
Others | 54 (38.8) | 1.00 (0.74-1.33) | 0.986 |
Functionality in ADL | |||
Functional independence | 108 (77.1) | 1 | |
Functional dependence | 32 (22.9) | 1.59 (1.16-2.18) | 0.006 |
Functionality in IADL | |||
Functional independence | 81 (57.9) | 1 | |
Functional dependence | 59 (42.1) | 1.94 (1.48-2.55) | < 0.001 |
Emotional condition | |||
No depressive symptoms | 113 (82.5) | 1 | |
Mild/Severe depressive symptoms | 24 (17.5) | 1.91 (1.37-2.67) | < 0.001 |
Comorbidity | |||
No/Mild comorbidity | 23 (16.4) | 1 | |
Moderate/Severe comorbidity | 117 (83.6) | 1.44 (0.97-2.14) | 0.058 |