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Based on the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, demography, comorbidity burden, and diagnostic procedures were evaluated, with IHM as our outcome. We evaluated 955 subjects with cancer (23.9% of total hospital admissions), 42.9% were males, and the mean age was 76.4 \u00b1 11.4 years. Metastatic cancer was diagnosed in 18.2%. The deceased group had a higher modified Elixhauser Index (17.6 \u00b1 7.7 vs. 14 \u00b1 7.3, p &lt; 0.001), prevalence of cachexia (17.9% vs. 7.2%, p &lt; 0.001), and presence of metastasis (27.8% vs. 16.3%, p = 0.001) than survivors. Females had a higher age (77.4 \u00b1 11.4 vs. 75.5 \u00b1 11.4, p = 0.013), and lower comorbidity (10.2 \u00b1 5.9 vs. 12.0 \u00b1 5.6, p &lt; 0.001) than males. IHM was not significantly different among sex groups, but it was independently associated with cachexia and metastasis only in women. 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