Table 2 Nutritional and body composition characteristics of patients with cancer according to tumor type and metastasis (N = 635).

Body mass index

24.7 ± 4.5

24.4 ± 4.3

25.1 ± 4.7

0.057^a

25.0 ± 4.6

24.0 ± 4.2

0.016^a

 Underweight

41 (6.5%)

20 (6.5%)

21 (6.5%)

0.102^c

29 (6.0%)

12 (8.0%)

0.137^c

 Normal range

310 (48.8%)

167 (53.9%)

143 (44.1%)

229 (47.2%)

81 (54.0%)

 Overweight

203 (32.0%)

88 (28.4%)

115 (35.5%)

158 (32.6%)

45 (30.0%)

 Obesity

81 (12.8%)

36 (11.6%)

45 (13.9%)

69 (14.2%)

12 (8.0%)

Body composition

 SAT (cm²)

144.3 ± 82.2

142.9 ± 81.9

145.6 ± 82.6

0.680^a

146.3 ± 85.2

137.8 ± 71.8

0.269^a

 VAT (cm²)

117.5 ± 79.7

115.7 ± 77.9

118.8 ± 81.7

0.630^a

121.9 ± 83.0

102.5 ± 66.5

0.004^a

 IMAT (cm²)

10.2 ± 7.5

9.7 ± 7.0

10.7 ± 8.0

0.068^a

10.5 ± 7.7

9.4 ± 6.8

0.137^a

 SM (cm²)

124.1 ± 32.9

120.4 ± 33.0

125.5 ± 32.9

< 0.001^a

124.4 ± 33.7

118.6 ± 30.3

0.048^a

 SMI (cm²/m²)

46.5 (39.5, 53.9)

45.2 (37.9, 52.0)

48.3 (41.0, 54.9)

< 0.001^b

46.9 (39.6, 54.2)

45.5 (39.1, 52.5)

0.223^b

 SMD (HU)

33.5 (27.1, 39.2)

33.9 (27.2, 39.2)

32.9 (27.1, 39.1)

0.546^b

33.2 (26.9, 39.2)

33.8 (27.8, 38.9)

0.855^b

Body composition abnormalities

 Low SMI

237 (37.3%)

135 (43.5%)

102 (31.5%)

0.002^c

178 (36.7%)

59 (39.3%)

0.560^c

 Low SMD

436 (68.7%)

213 (68.7%)

223 (68.8%)

0.927^c

327 (67.4%)

109 (72.7%)

0.226^c

 High VAT

286 (45.0%)

139 (44.8%)

147 (45.4%)

0.864^c

229 (47.2%)

57 (38.0%)

0.047^c