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Table 2 Demographics of controls and cancer patients included in the Affymetrix analysis from centre 1

From: Using transcriptomics to identify and validate novel biomarkers of human skeletal muscle cancer cachexia

 

No-cancer

Cancer patients

 
 

(n = 3)

(n = 18)

P

Male/female

2/1

12/6

-

Age (years)

45(2)

67(2)

<0.001

% weight loss

0

8.9(1.6)

<0.001

BMI

28.5(1.7)

24.4(0.8)

0.080

CRP

2.7(0.9)

19.7(8.1)

0.052

MAMC

23.8(1.7)

23.7(0.5)

0.960

  1. Mean (standard error of the mean). BMI: body mass index; CRP: C reactive protein; MAMC: mid arm muscle circumference.