Table 2.

Overall Results Summary.

	No. of studies	Variable	Pooled Result	95% CI	P value	Heterogeneity (%)
Incidence of prevalence of cachexia	7	ER	0.45	0.27-0.65	P = 0.657	I2 = 98.13	P = 0.001
Incidence of prevalence of sarcopenia	3	ER	0.57	0.40-0.72	P = 0.418	I2 = 91.2	P = 0.001
Time to treatment failure	5	SMD	−2.22	−2.6 to −1.7	P = 0.000	I2 = 78.15	P = 0.003
Cachexia as a risk factor for mortality	3	HR	2.02	1.17-3.48	P = 0.011	I2 = 45.39	P = 0.160
Overall survival	5	SMD	−2.34	−3.7 to −0.90	P = 0.001	I2 = 98.08	P = 0.00