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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of survival

From: Prognostic value of adipose tissue and muscle mass in advanced colorectal cancer: a post hoc analysis of two non-randomized phase II trials

  

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P-value

BMI

obese

0.60 (0.38 to 0.95)

0.03

Years diagnosis till inclusion

Per one-year

0.89 (0.84 to 0.95)

< 0.001

Skeletal muscle index

Low, < 47.5

1.49 (1.04 to 2.15)

0.03

Muscle density

Low, < 22.5

1.80 (1.24 to 2.61)

0.002

Visceral fat density

High, ≥90

1.87 (1.38 to 2.54)

< 0.001

  1. Obese: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2; skeletal muscle index expressed in cm2/m2; muscle and visceral fat density expressed in HU