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Table 2 Comparison in different genders between cachexia and non-cachexia cancer patients

From: Plasma concentration of interleukin-6 was upregulated in cancer cachexia patients and was positively correlated with plasma free fatty acid in female patients

 

male

female

Non-cachexia (n = 150)

Cachexia (n = 50)

p

Non-cachexia (n = 87)

Cachexia (n = 24)

p

Ages (years)

62.97 ± 0.85

65.32 ± 1.24

0.155

61.24 ± 1.33

61.67 ± 2.59

0.883

BMI (kg/m2)

22.82 ± 0.24

22.26 ± 0.47

0.266

23.11 ± 0.33

21.65 ± 0.67

0.047

HB (g/L)

125.9 ± 1.95

115.6 ± 3.92

0.012

108.3 ± 2.68

103.8 ± 3.99

0.416

WBC (10^9/L)

5.83 ± 0.15

6.13 ± 0.31

0.335

5.51 ± 0.18

5.92 ± 0.40

0.314

PLT (10^9/L)

232.2 ± 5.86

259.1 ± 14.07

0.039

241.9 ± 9.46

271.1 ± 21.73

0.174

LY (10^9/L)

1.61 ± 0.04

1.41 ± 0.08

0.023

1.66 ± 0.06

1.55 ± 0.09

0.376

TP (g/L)

65.18 ± 0.43

63.15 ± 0.88

0.026

66.16 ± 0.77

65.52 ± 1.72

0.715

ALB (g/L)

40.93 ± 0.36

39.3 ± 0.66

0.027

40.78 ± 0.60

38.81 ± 1.08

0.128

PA (g/L)

0.219 ± 0.005

0.186 ± 0.008

<0.001

0.199 ± 0.006

0.173 ± 0.011

0.039

TC (mmol/L)

3.97 ± 0.07

3.84 ± 0.12

0.379

4.53 ± 0.11

4.05 ± 0.17

0.043

TG (mmol/L)

1.28 ± 0.05

1.18 ± 0.06

0.235

1.35 ± 0.08

1.24 ± 0.14

0.501

ApoA (g/l)

155.2 ± 13.81

189.5 ± 23.05

0.206

187.3 ± 19.86

281.6 ± 60.36

0.057

ApoB (g/l)

0.84 ± 0.02

0.84 ± 0.04

0.905

0.94 ± 0.03

0.87 ± 0.05

0.312

ApoE (g/l)

39.37 ± 0.98

34.64 ± 1.49

0.013

46.85 ± 1.65

39.16 ± 2.28

0.028

FFA (pg/ml)

0.39 ± 0.02

0.43 ± 0.03

0.332

0.43 ± 0.03

0.56 ± 0.06

0.020

IL-6 (pg/ml)

5.23 ± 0.37

6.95 ± 0.84

0.037

4.28 ± 0.40

7.55 ± 1.25

0.001

TNF-α (pg/ml)

7.547 ± 0.283

7.654 ± 0.424

0.849

9.290 ± 0.875

8.09 ± 0.3719

0.179

(I + II) TNM stage no. (%)

76 (50.7%)

16 (32.0%)

0.022

49 (56.3%)

8 (33.3%)

0.046

  1. BMI Body mass index, HB Hemoglobin, WBC White blood cell count, PLT Platelet, LY Lymphocyte count, TP Total protein, ALB Albumin, PA Prealbumin, TC Total cholesterol, TG Tri-glyceride, ApoA Apolipoprotein A, ApoB Apolipoprotein B, ApoE Apolipoprotein E, FFA Free fatty acid