Comprehensive evaluation of serum hepatic proteins in predicting prognosis among cancer patients with cachexia: an observational cohort study

Table 3 Generalized linear model analyses of nutritional marker associated with QoL

Groups	No. of patients	Crude model		Adjusted Model^a		Adjusted Model^b
Groups	No. of patients	Coefficients	P-value	Coefficients	P-value	Coefficients	P-value
Albumin
By per SD		0.028	< 0.001	0.021	< 0.001	0.019	< 0.001
≥ 38.7 g/L	650	Reference		Reference		Reference
< 38.7 g/L	653	-0.051	< 0.001	-0.041	< 0.001	-0.031	< 0.001
Prealbumin
By per SD		0.022	< 0.001	0.019	< 0.001	0.011	< 0.001
≥ 0.17 g/L	846	Reference		Reference		Reference
< 0.17 g/L	457	-0.070	< 0.001	-0.067	< 0.001	-0.035	< 0.001
Transferrin
By per SD		0.021	< 0.001	0.016	< 0.001	0.013	< 0.001
≥ 2.29 g/L	527	Reference		Reference		Reference
< 2.29 g/L	776	-0.030	< 0.001	-0.021	0.001	-0.014	0.035

Abbreviations: QoL Quality of life, SD Standard deviation
^aAdjusted for age, sex, tumor type and TNM stage
^bAdjusted for age, sex, drinking, smoking, tumor type, TNM stage, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, ECOG

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