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. 2010 Jun;12(5):325–333. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00171.x

Table 1.

Body composition values in women and men with pancreatic cancer compared with those in sex- and age-matched community controls

Women
Men
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