TABLE 3.
Recovery in Patients With Colon Cancer and Weight Loss
| Patient characteristics | All (N = 88) | Delayed recovery (n = 35) | No delayed recovery (n = 53) | P value |
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| At diagnosis | ||||
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| Age, mean (SD), y | 71 (9.0) | 71.6 (9.1) | 70.2 (8.9) | .48 |
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| Length of initial admission stay, mean (range), d | 6.8 (1–25) | 10.1 (4–25) | 4.6 (1–11) | < .001 |
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| Comorbidities, No. (%) | ||||
| Any | 50 (57) | 22 (63) | 28 (53) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 39 (44) | 17 (49) | 22 (42) | |
| Coronary artery disease | 20 (23) | 8 (23) | 12 (23) | |
| Peripheral artery disease | 3 (3) | 1 (3) | 2 (4) | |
| Cerebral vascular accident/transient ischemic attack | 9 (10) | 4 (11) | 5 (9) | |
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| Pathologic tumor stage | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.8) | 2.4 (0.9) | |
| Stage, No. (%) | .68 | |||
| 1 | 16 (18) | 5 (14 | 11 (20) | |
| 2 | 33 (38) | 11 (31) | 21 (40) | |
| 3 | 33 (38) | 13 (37) | 20 (38) | |
| 4 | 6 (7) | 3 (9) | 3 (6) | |
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| Pathologic nodal stage | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.5 (0.6) | 0.4 (0.6) | |
| Stage, No. (%) | .63 | |||
| 0 | 58 (66) | 21 (60) | 37 (70) | |
| 1 | 22 (25) | 11 (31) | 11 (21) | |
| 2 | 7 (8) | 2 (6) | 5 (9) | |
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| 6 mo before surgery | ||||
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| Body mass index, mean (SD) | 30.9 (6.8) | 31.7 (7.6) | 30 (6.2) | .35 |
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| Weight change, mean, lb | −1.5 | −3.1 | −0.5 | .02 |
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| Weight lost, No. (%) | ||||
| ≥ 3% | 32 (36) | 20 (57) | 12 (23) | < .001 |
| ≥ 5% | 23 (26) | 15 (43) | 8 (15) | .003 |
| ≥ 10 lb | 20 (23) | 9 (26) | 11 (21) | .01 |