| |
Center 1
|
Center 1
|
Center 2
|
|---|
| |
no-cancer
|
patients
|
patients
|
|---|
| |
(n = 7)
|
(n = 52)
|
(n = 13)
|
|---|
|
Male/female
|
5/2
|
34/18
|
12/1
|
|
Age (years)
|
51 (5.5)
|
66 (1.3)*
|
65 (1.5)*
|
|
% weight loss
|
0
|
8.9 (1.1)*
|
7.7 (2.0)*
|
|
BMI
|
30.6 (1.3)
|
25.5 (0.5)*
|
25.5 (1.2)
|
|
CRP
|
2.8 (0.7)
|
17.4 (4.4)
|
-
|
|
MAMC
|
25.9 (1.3)
|
24.4 (0.4)
|
-
|
- Mean (standard error of the mean) values are presented. *P < 0.05 compared with center 1 control. Center 1: Edinburgh, UK; centre 2: Stockholm, Sweden. BMI: body mass index; CRP: C reactive protein; MAMC: mid-arm muscle circumference.
