Table 1.
Body composition values in women and men with pancreatic cancer compared with those in sex- and age-matched community controls
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Women |
Men |
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Controls, n= 40 |
PCa patients, n= 21 |
P-value |
Controls, n= 33 |
PCa patients, n= 15 |
P-value | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age, years | 66.2 | 9.7 | 70.7 | 10.6 | 0.12 | 62.6 | 10.8 | 63.4 | 13.2 | 0.82 |
| %BFat, % | 37.3 | 4.7 | 32.5 | 7.6 | 0.007 | 26.4 | 5 | 26.2 | 5.9 | 0.85 |
| BMI, w/h2 | 26 | 4.4 | 24.2 | 3.2 | 0.12 | 25.9 | 2.7 | 25.4 | 5.9 | 0.72 |
| LBM, kg | 40.5 | 5.9 | 38.1 | 5.2 | 0.13 | 57.6 | 7.4 | 56.3 | 9.3 | 0.60 |
| TBN, g | 1411.6 | 237.6 | 1350.4 | 236.3 | 0.36 | 2245.3 | 397.3 | 2274.6 | 620.1 | 0.84 |
| NI | 1.01 | 0.14 | 0.99 | 0.14 | 0.58 | 1.06 | 0.15 | 1.06 | 0.26 | 0.97 |
| TBK, g | 93.7 | 15.6 | 75.7 | 13.1 | 0.001 | 147.6 | 26 | 130.4 | 24.2 | 0.001 |
| TBK/Ht, g/m | 0.578 | 0.086 | 0.480 | 0.071 | 0.001 | 0.847 | 0.135 | 0.748 | 0.131 | 0.001 |
PCa, pancreatic adenocarcinoma; SD, standard deviation; %BFat, percentage body fat; BMI, body mass index; LBM, lean body mass; TBN, total body nitrogen; NI, nitrogen index; TBK, total body potassium; TBK/Ht, total body potassium/height