Table 3.
Relationship of BMI category and sarcopenia status with resection
| Resection | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Characteristic | n (%) | n (%) | P-Value | |
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| All Patients | 89 (100%) | 57 (64%) | ||
| Pretreatment BMI | 0.30 | |||
| Normal/Underweight | 37 (41%) | 26 (70%) | ||
| Overweight/Obese | 52 (58%) | 31 (60%) | ||
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| Pretreatment Sarcopenia* | 0.79 | |||
| No | 38 (45%) | 25 (66%) | ||
| Yes | 46 (55%) | 29 (63%) | ||
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| Pretreatment Sarcopenia and Overweight/Obese | 0.07 | |||
| No | 66 (76%) | 46 (70%) | ||
| Yes | 21 (24%) | 10 (48%) | ||
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| Post-treatment Sarcopenia | 0.53 | |||
| No | 35 (41%) | 21 (60%) | ||
| Yes | 51 (59%) | 34 (67%) | ||
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| Weight Loss | 0.42 | |||
| No | 33 (38%) | 23 (70%) | ||
| Yes | 54 (62%) | 33 (61%) | ||
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| Pre/Post-treatment Sarcopenia | 0.50 | |||
| No/No | 30 (37%) | 18 (60%) | ||
| No/Yes | 8 (10%) | 7 (88%) | ||
| Yes/No | 4 (5%) | 3 (75%) | ||
| Yes/Yes | 40 (49%) | 25 (63%) | ||
*
Defined as L3 skeletal muscle cross-sectional area ≤38.9 cm2/m2 for women and ≤55.4 cm2/m2 for men. Sufficient information is available for 84 of the 89 patients for pretreatment sarcopenia determination.