title: Applicability of the general nutritional status score to patients with oral and maxillofacial malignancies.
abstract: The general nutritional status (GNS) score was used to assess the nutritional status of 127 consecutive patients with oral and maxillofacial malignancies. Forty-six of our patients (36.2%) were undernourished (group 2), while 81 (63.8%) were in good nutritional condition (group 1). Comparison of nutritional laboratory tests between these two groups showed that the differences in serum albumin, transferrin, and creatinine-height index (CHI) had statistical significance, yielding an excellent correlation between the GNS score and the nutritional laboratory test. Undernourished patients had a significantly higher postoperative complication incidence (48.3%) than well-nourished patients (19.4%) (chi 2 = 6.637; P < 0.01), indicating that the GNS score can be used as a prognostic index.
authors.affiliation: School of Stomatology, Beijing Medical University, China.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: D Q
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014168:Transferrin; D003404:Creatinine