Table 1 Backgrounds of patients with gastrointestinal diseases.

From: Utility of the simplified measurements of muscle mass in patients with gastrointestinal and chronic liver diseases

  

N = 331

Age: years, mean ± SD

 

74 ± 13

Men: n (%)

 

206 (62%)

BMI, mean ± SD

 

22 ± 4.2

Performance status: n (%)

0/1/2/3/4

105/110/74/35/7 (32/33/22/11/3%)

%AC: %, mean ± SD

 

89 ± 13

%AMC: %, mean ± SD

 

95 ± 13

%AMA: %, mean ± SD

 

69 ± 26

Primary disease: n (%)

Chronic liver disease

81 (24%)

 

Gastroesophageal cancer

34 (10%)

 

Biliary pancreatic cancer

47 (14%)

 

Colorectal cancer

29 (9%)

 

Benign disease

140 (43%)

Comorbidities: n (%)

Heart disease

54 (17%)

 

Chronic lung disease

24 (7.3%)

 

Cerebrovascular disease

44 (13%)

 

Chronic renal disease

17 (5.2%)

 

Diabetes

68 (21%)

Myopenia: n (%)

By PMI method

115 (35%)

 

By simple PMI method

102 (31%)

 

By AMA method

123 (37%)

  1. Continuous values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. BMI body mass index, AC Arm circumference, AMC Arm muscle circumference, AMA Arm muscle area, PMI Psoas muscle mass index.
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