Table 1 Baseline characteristics.

Patients included, n (%)

37 (100.0)

Male sex, n (%)

25 (67.6)

Age, years, median (IQR)

58 (54–65)

BMI, median (IQR)^a

25.3 (22.8–29.0)

Comorbidities, n (%)

None

16 (43.2)

One or more

21 (56.8)

Malignancy

13 (35.1)

Chronic pulmonary disease

 < 5^b

Chronic renal disease

 < 5^b

Chronic heart failure

 < 5^b

Diabetes mellitus

 < 5^b

Rheumatological disease

 < 5^b

Acute myocardial infarction

 < 5^b

Peripheral vascular disease

 < 5^b

Cerebrovascular disease

 < 5^b