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. 2024 Nov 7;12(11):e009769. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009769

Table 1. Patient baseline characteristics.

Total BMI≥25(overweight) BMI<25(non-overweight) P value
N=2,078 N=1,412 N=666
Age 67 (57–75) 66 (57–75) 67 (56–76) 0.66
Male 1283 (62%) 949 (67%) 334 (50%) <0.001
Metastatic disease 1180 (57%) 785 (56%) 395 (59%) 0.11
Glucose on ICI initiation, median 106 (95–124) 108 (97–127) 103 (91–118) <0.001
ICI type
 Atezolizumab 18 (1%) 13 (1%) 5 (1%) 0.22
 Ipilimumab 195 (9%) 121 (9%) 74 (11%)
 Ipilimumab and nivolumab 635 (31%) 422 (30%) 213 (32%)
 Nivolumab 305 (15%) 220 (16%) 85 (13%)
 Nivolumab and relatlimab 30 (1%) 19 (1%) 11 (2%)
 Pembrolizumab 895 (43%) 617 (44%) 278 (42%)
Targeted therapy
 MEK inhibitors 23 (1%) 13 (1%) 10 (2%) 0.24
 BRAF inhibitors 29 (1%) 16 (1%) 13 (2%) 0.14
Underlying comorbidities
 T2DM 215 (10%) 184 (13%) 31 (5%) <0.001
 Hypertension 875 (42%) 666 (47%) 209 (31%) <0.001
 Hyperlipidemia 734 (35%) 558 (40%) 176 (26%) <0.001
 Heart failure 99 (5%) 76 (5%) 23 (3%) 0.054
 Ischemic heart disease 11 (1%) 9 (1%) 2 (0%) 0.32
 Chronic kidney disease 124 (6%) 91 (6%) 33 (5%) 0.18
 COPD 103 (5%) 75 (5%) 28 (4%) 0.28
Cardiovascular and metabolic medications
 Beta-blocker 461 (22%) 342 (24%) 119 (18%) 0.001
 Diuretics 191 (9%) 136 (10%) 55 (8%) 0.31
 Calcium channel blocker 261 (13%) 192 (14%) 69 (10%) 0.038
 Aspirin 249 (12%) 177 (13%) 72 (11%) 0.26
 Renin-angiotensin system inhibitor 384 (18%) 300 (21%) 84 (13%) <0.001
 Metformin 121 (6%) 102 (7%) 19 (3%) <0.001
 Insulin 87 (4%) 76 (5%) 11 (2%) <0.001
 Statin 452 (22%) 343 (24%) 109 (16%) <0.001

BMI unit: kg/m2.

Glucose unit: mg/dL.

BMIbody mass indexCOPDchronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseICIimmune checkpoint inhibitorT2DMtype 2 diabetes mellitus