Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

	All (n = 1,500)	Males (n = 718)	Females (n = 782)	P value
Age (years)	57.9 ± 16.0	58.1 ± 15.3	57.6 ± 16.6	n.s.
Malignant disease (%)	39.8	42.2	37.6	n.s.
Moderate and severe weight loss: n (%)	424/290 (28.3/19.3)	208/158 (29/22)	216/132 (27/16.9)	0.016
BMI (kg/m²)	24.6 ± 4.8	24.8 ± 4.5	24.4 ± 5.1	n.s.
Arm muscle area (cm²)	47.3 ± 14.9	51.7 ± 14.5	43.3 ± 14.2	<0.0001
Hand grip strength (kg)	34.6 ± 11.1	35.1 ± 11.2	23.1 ± 8.2	<0.0001
CRP (mg/dl) (subcohort: 53%)	3.0 ± 4.6	3.3 ± 4.8	2.7 ± 4.4	n.s.