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Table 4 Association between toxicity and skeletal muscle parameters

From: Clinical significance of skeletal muscle density and sarcopenia in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing first-line chemotherapy: a retrospective observational study

 

SMI

SMD

High (n = 149, 59%)

Low (n = 102, 41%)

P

High (n = 166, 66%)

Low (n = 85, 34%)

P

all grade ≥3 toxicity

64 (43%)

60 (59%)

0.019

73 (44%)

51 (60%)

0.023

neutropenia

32 (22%)

28 (28%)

0.348

35 (21%)

25 (29%)

0.191

anemia

21 (14%)

21 (21%)

0.237

24 (15%)

18 (21%)

0.242

thrombocytopenia

14 (9%)

15 (15%)

0.275

18 (11%)

11 (13%)

0.777

fatigue

18 (12%)

21 (21%)

0.100

24 (15%)

15 (18%)

0.634

diarrhea

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

0.999

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

0.999

  1. SMD skeletal muscle density, SMI skeletal muscle index