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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate/arginine/glutamine (HMB/Arg/Gln) supplementation to improve the management of cachexia in patients with advanced lung cancer: an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled phase II trial (NOURISH)

 

HMB/Arg/Gln

n = 19

N (%)

No HMB/Arg/Gln

n = 19

N (%)

All

n = 38

N (%)

Age

60 or below

6 (32)

6 (32)

12 (32)

Over 60

13 (68)

13 (68)

26 (68)

Sex

Male

12 (63)

11 (58)

23 (61)

Female

7 (37)

8 (42)

15 (39)

Diagnosis

SCLC

3 (16)

3 (16)

6 (16)

NSCLC

16 (84)

16 (84)

32 (84)

Staginga

Locally advanced

8 (42)

6 (32)

14 (37)

Metastatic

11 (58)

13 (68)

24 (63)

WHO Performance status

0

2 (10.5)

7 (37)

9 (24)

1

15 (79)

11 (58)

26 (68)

2

2 (10.5)

1 (5)

3 (8)

  1. aCorrelative staging has been added retrospectively for information, but was not collected at the time of the trial: Locally advanced = Stage 3B NSCLC; Metastatic = Stage 4 NSCLC and extensive stage SCLC
  2. SCLC small-cell lung cancer, NSCLC non-small-cell lung cancer, HMB/Arg/Gln β-Hydroxy β-Methylbutyrate/Arginine/Glutamine