Sex differences in the association of phase angle and lung cancer mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is a lethal malignant tumor that is common worldwide and is associated with a high incidence of malnutrition. Phase angle (PA) is a simple, objective, and non-invasive indicator of body composition that has increasingly attracted attention as an indicator of the nutritional status and prognosis of patients with malignant tumors. This study aimed to investigate the association between the PA and overall survival in patients with lung cancer.

Methods

This study prospectively analyzed 804 lung cancer patients in the Investigation on Nutrition Status and its Clinical Outcome of Common Cancers (INSCOC) project from 40 hospitals in China. We used a restricted cubic spline to analyze the sex-specific association between PA and mortality in men and women with

SUBMITTER: Shi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9818340 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature