Table 1 Characteristics of the study population.
From: Autophagy is induced in the skeletal muscle of cachectic cancer patients
Variables | Cancer patients | Control patients |
|---|---|---|
Subjects (n) | 29 | 11 |
Age (years) | 68 ± 2 | 63 ± 4 |
Sex | ||
 Male (n) | 17 | 7 |
 Female (n) | 12 | 4 |
Cancer site |  | — |
 Colon-rectum (n) | 14 |  |
 Pancreas (n) | 5 |  |
 Stomach (n) | 4 |  |
 Miscellaneous (n) | 6 |  |
Cancer stage | ||
 I-II (n) | 9 |  |
 III-IV (n) | 20 |  |
Height (m) | 1.64 ± 0.02 | 1.67 ± 0.03 |
Weight at diagnosis (kg) | 71.3 ± 2.9 | 76.7 ± 4.7 |
BMI at diagnosis (kg/m2) | 26.6 ± 0.94 | 27.4 ± 1.5 |
% body weight loss over last 6 months | 6.7 ± 1.5 | — |
Patients with anorexia (n) | 11 | — |
Cachexia classification | ||
 Pre-cachexia (n) | 3 | — |
 Cachexia (n) | 12 | — |
 No pre-cachexia/no cachexia (n) | 14 | — |
