An evaluation of nutritional impact symptoms and their association with reduced dietary intake in patients with solid tumors at tertiary care hospitals: a multicenter, cross-sectional study from Palestine

Table 4 Patient characteristics associated with reduced dietary intake according to the multiple binary logistic regression model

Variables	B	S.E.	Wald	P value ¹	Odds ratio with 95% CI
Dry mouth	1.320	0.373	12.484	0.000	3.742 (1.800–7.780)
Loss of appetite	1.216	0.631	3.707	0.054	3.373 (0.978–11.628)
Constipation	0.996	0.453	4.824	0.028	2.707 (1.113–6.581)
Nausea and vomiting	0.881	0.737	1.426	0.232	2.412 (0.569–10.233)
Changing in taste	1.287	0.370	12.072	0.001	3.620 (1.752–7.481)
Feeling fullness	2.184	0.557	15.385	0.000	8.879 (2.982–26.441)
Biological therapy	-0.990	0.380	6.799	0.009	0.372 (0.177–0.782)
Hormonal therapy	-0.961	0.421	5.203	0.023	0.383 (0.168–0.874)
Marital status	0.379	0.423	0.801	0.371	1.461 (0.637–3.350)
Constant	-0.603	0.336	3.228	0.072	0.547

¹ Significant associations are indicated by bold values at a significance level of p < 0.05
B: This typically represents the coefficient estimates. These coefficients indicate the magnitude and direction of the association between the predictor variables and the outcome variable
S.E: Standard errors are measures of the variability of the coefficient estimates
Wald: This refers to the Wald statistic, which is used to test the significance of individual coefficients in the logistic regression model
Odds ratio with 95% CI: The odds ratio (OR) is a measure of the association between an exposure and an outcome. The 95% confidence interval (CI) around the odds ratio provides a range of values within which we can be 95% confident that the true odds ratio lies. An OR greater than 1 suggested an increased likelihood of reduced dietary intake with the corresponding variable, while an OR less than 1 indicated a decreased likelihood of reduced dietary intake

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