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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with pancreatic cancer with (N = 10) and without cachexia (N = 13)

From: Real-imaging cDNA-AFLP transcript profiling of pancreatic cancer patients: Egr-1 as a potential key regulator of muscle cachexia

Parameter

No cachexia (N = 13)

Cachexia (N = 10)

p-value

age

median (lq/uq)

66 (51/69)

65 (57/74)

0,385

weight loss

median (lq/uq)

2,1 (0/5,5)

13,9 (10/19,2)

<0.001

CrP

median (lq/uq)

7.3 (5.7/11.8)

11.6 (3.1/25.6)

0.548

protein

median (lq/uq)

74.9 (70.8/77.9)

71.4 (66.4/75.6)

0.19

resectionrate

12 (92.3)

5 (50)

0.022

stage

UICC II

12 (92.3)

4 (40)

0.005

 

UICC III

1 (6,7)

1 (10)

 
 

UICC IV

0

5 (50)