Table 5 Adverse events associated with DEB-TACE (225 procedures).

From: Prognostic value of sarcopenia in patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases after drug-eluting beads transcatheter arterial chemoembolization: a single center retrospective study

Adverse Events

Sarcopenia (n = 103)

Non-sarcopenia (n = 122)

p value

Vomiting/Nausea

76 (73.8%)

52 (42.6%)

< 0.001

Abdominal distension

57 (55.3%)

59 (48.4%)

0.297

Fatigue

45 (43.7%)

34 (27.9%)

0.013

Abdominal pain

43 (41.7%)

28 (23.0%)

0.003

Fever

24 (23.3%)

27 (22.1%)

0.835

Hyperbilirubinemia

10 (9.7%)

14 (11.5%)

0.669

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