Table 3 Comparison in different cancer types between cachexia and non-cachexia cancer patients

Non-cachexia (n = 126)

Cachexia (n = 45)

p

Non-cachexia (n = 111)

Cachexia (n = 29)

p

Ages (years)

63.27 ± 0.92

64.34 ± 1.33

0.352

61.84 ± 1.63

62.21 ± 2.09

0.423

BMI (kg/m²)

23.23 ± 0.27

21.76 ± 0.47

0.008

22.71 ± 0.31

22.74 ± 0.70

0.965

HB (g/L)

121.2 ± 2.27

111.6 ± 4.36

0.038

119.2 ± 2.64

111.4 ± 4.38

0.147

WBC (10^9/L)

5.62 ± 0.15

5.51 ± 0.33

0.711

5.93 ± 0.17

7.04 ± 0.34

0.002

PLT (10^9/L)

238.2 ± 7.39

247.3 ± 15.07

0.561

241.2 ± 7.83

281.3 ± 18.35

0.023

LY (10^9/L)

1.66 ± 0.05

1.41 ± 0.09

0.012

1.58 ± 0.06

1.55 ± 0.08

0.793

TP (g/L)

65.31 ± 0.59

61.81 ± 1.03

0.004

65.67 ± 0.52

66.96 ± 1.15

0.252

ALB (g/L)

40.53 ± 0.44

38.41 ± 0.72

0.019

41.23 ± 0.46

39.10 ± 0.78

0.017

PA (g/L)

0.219 ± 0.005

0.198 ± 0.008

0.032

0.208 ± 0.006

0.178 ± 0.009

0.008

TC (mmol/L)

4.18 ± 0.09

3.74 ± 0.14

0.012

4.177 ± 0.10

4.273 ± 0.14

0.621

TG (mmol/L)

1.35 ± 0.06

1.19 ± 0.11

0.19

1.23 ± 0.06

1.32 ± 0.09

0.404

ApoA (g/l)

190.5 ± 18.68

188.2 ± 27.12

0.948

157.1 ± 16.62

277.2 ± 42.97

0.002

ApoB (g/l)

0.88 ± 0.02

0.77 ± 0.04

0.019

0.87 ± 0.03

0.97 ± 0.04

0.090

ApoE (g/l)

40.12 ± 0.99

35.74 ± 1.80

0.032

43.26 ± 1.49

37.32 ± 1.88

0.037

FFA (pg/ml)

0.41 ± 0.02

0.45 ± 0.04

0.254

0.425 ± 0.024

0.53 ± 0.05

0.041

IL-6 (pg/ml)

4.60 ± 0.37

6.82 ± 1.02

0.014

5.04 ± 0.42

7.38 ± 0.95

0.013

TNF-α (pg/ml)

7.94 ± 0.42

8.05 ± 0.63

0.894

7.32 ± 0.382

9.01 ± 0.553

0.037

(I + II) TNM stage no. (%)

70 (55.6%)

17 (35.6%)

0.023

51 (46.9%)

14 (41.4%)

0.660