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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics of four groups

From: Abdominal fat and muscle distributions in different stages of colorectal cancer

 

Healthy

(n = 483)

Poloyp

(n = 503)

Cancer

(n = 399)

Cachexia

(n = 128)

P

Age

60.67 ± 11.62

62.82 ± 10.59

63.03 ± 10.53

63.29 ± 11.11

0.002

Male (%)

181(37.47)

267(53.08)

259(65.24)

67(54.03)

< 0.001

SM

115.87 ± 27.64

122.90 ± 30.00

125.21 ± 30.41

110.64 ± 25.81

< 0.001

IMAT

11.31 ± 6.58

11.44 ± 6.60

10.39 ± 5.62

9.38 ± 6.42

0.006

VAT

113.52 ± 64.95

133.61 ± 67.00

129.15 ± 69.23

90.80 ± 61.21

< 0.001

SAT

138.50 ± 53.40

138.68 ± 55.29

126.93 ± 54.84

103.96 ± 55.66

< 0.001

  1. Note: SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue, VAT: visceral adipose tissue. IMAT: intramuscular adipose tissue; SM: skeletal muscle