Table 2.

Physical characteristics in controls and patients with cancer

		Patients with cancer
	Controls	All	Cachectic	Noncachectic
Number (men/women)	6 (4/2)	11 (7/4)	5 (3/2)	6 (4/2)
Age (yr)	65.2 ± 1.5	58.5 ± 2.3	56.9 ± 3.1	59.8 ± 3.6
Body mass (kg)	74.5 ± 6.1	70.3 ± 5.4	60.1 ± 7.3	78.8 ± 6.4
Height (cm)	170.3 ± 2.7	170.5 ± 3.1	168.3 ± 6.2	172.4 ± 2.9
Fat mass (kg)	21.9 ± 3.0	19.9 ± 3.7	11.6 ± 2.4	26.9 ± 5.1*
Fat-free mass (kg)	50.5 ± 3.9	48.9 ± 3.1	46.0 ± 5.9	51.3 ± 3.3
Leg fat-free mass (kg)	15.1 ± 1.5	14.8 ± 1.1	14.1 ± 2.1	15.4 ± 1.1

Data are mean ± SE.

^*P < 0.05 group effect, where cachectic were less than noncachectic (P < 0.05) and tended toward being less than controls (P = 0.09).