title: Nutritional status of patients with oral and maxillofacial malignancies.
abstract: A nutritional assessment battery consisting of the patient's history, anthropometric measurements, and laboratory tests was used to characterize the nutritional status of 127 patients with oral and maxillofacial malignancies. Forty-three percent of these patients had good nutrition, 21% fair, and 36% poor. The pattern of nutritional impairment was a protein-calorie deficiency. A close correlation with malnutrition was found for diminished oral intake and tumor stage. Gender, tobacco or alcohol consumption, job, and living place were not related to nutritional status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Beijing Medical University, People's Republic of 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: D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D016138:Walking; D015431:Weight Loss