Malnutrition affects quality of life in gastroenterology patients

Table 4 Quality of life in malnourished vs wellnourished patients with either liver cirrhosis or inflammatory bowel disease (absolute percentage)

QOL scales	Liver cirrhosis			Inflammatory bowel disease
	Wellnourished	Malnourished	P	Wellnourished	Malnourished	P
Physical functioning	74.0 ± 23.8	44.6 ± 22.1	0.000	66.6 ± 31.6	52.1 ± 28.4	0.036
Role physical	52.3 ± 42.6	22.2 ± 36.9	0.003	49.2 ± 45.1	24.4 ± 34.6	0.024
Bodily pain	88.9 ± 28.5	59.3 ± 47.4	0.007	67.7 ± 41.9	59.1 ± 46.5	NS
General health	82.6 ± 27.4	81.0 ± 28.7	NS	71.9 ± 31.6	51.1 ± 33.1	0.012
Vitality	73.2 ± 38.2	59.0 ± 39.4	NS	35.4 ± 33.5	37.7 ± 33.7	NS
Social functioning	51.8 ± 19.8	41.3 ± 16.1	0.041	42.1 ± 20.2	37.6 ± 13.5	NS
Role emotional	46.8 ± 21.3	31.7 ± 20.0	0.007	39.1 ± 23.7	26.9 ± 18.8	0.027
Mental health	78.1 ± 17.6	56.9 ± 25.9	0.001	64.9 ± 18.9	56.1 ± 21.8	NS