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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

From: Differences in routine laboratory parameters related to cachexia between patients with hematological diseases and patients with solid tumors or heart failure – is there only one cachexia?

Characteristic

Hematological

Non-hematological

p-value

Number

55

64

 

Age years (mean; SD)

56.85 (+/−14.58)

67.75 (+/−13.03)

p < 0.0001*

Men

37 (67%)

39 (61%)

NS

Cachectic (n/%)

15/27

27/35

NS

Lost body weight in kg in cachectic patients (mean; SD)

10.15 (+/−6.39)

11.51 (+/−7.25)

NS

Period of body weight loss in cachectic patients in months (mean; SD)

11.69 (+/−10.69)

14.53 (+/−17.93)

NS

  1. Abbreviations: n = number, SD = standard deviation, kg = kilograms.