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Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2012 Jan 9;64(2):10.1080/01635581.2012.638433. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2012.638433

Table 2.

Body composition variables

Expansion cohort (N=26) Escalation cohorts (N=22) All patients (N=48)

Average (SEM) Average (SEM) Average (SEM)
Female (n=29)
 Weight (kg) 72.8 (4.1) 65.5 (3.8) 69.5 (2.9)
 Skeletal muscle area at L3 (cm2) 108.2 (5.1) 109.6 (5.3) 108.8 (3.6)
 Intramuscular adipose area at L3 (cm2) 13.5 (1.9) 11.0 (2.2) 12.4 (1.4)
 Visceral adipose area at L3 (cm2) 84.9 (17.6) 67.0 (13.9) 76.9 (11.5)
 Subcutaneous adipose area at L3 (cm2) 184.0 (27.4) 173.7 (32.2) 179.4 (20.5)
 BMI (kg/m2) 26.5 (1.4) 24.7 (1.6) 25.7 (1.0)
 Muscle index (cm2/m2) 39.4 (1.6) 41.0 (1.9) 40.1 (1.2)
 Total estimated lean body mass (kg) 38.5 (1.5) 38.9 (1.6) 38.7 (1.1)
 Total estimated fat body mass (kg) 18.9 (1.2) 18.5 (1.4) 18.7 (0.9)
 Sarcopenic [n (%)] 4 (30%) 7 (40%) 11 (38%)
 BMI categories [n (%)]
 <18.5 kg/m2 0 (0%) 2 (15%) 2 (7%)
 18.5–24.9 kg/m2 7 (44%) 4 (31%) 11 (38%)
 25–29.9 kg/m2 5 (31%) 5 (39%) 10 (34%)
 ≥30 kg/m2 4 (25%) 2 (15%) 6 (21%)
Male (n=19)
 Weight (kg) 86.7 (5.6) 92.4 (8.1) 89.4 (4.7)
 Skeletal muscle area at L3 (cm2) 167.8 (10.7) 168.9 (9.4) 168.3 (7.0)
 Intramuscular adipose area at L3 (cm2) 14.0 (3.6) 13.3 (2.7) 13.7 (2.2)
 Visceral adipose area at L3 (cm2) 124.8 (43.4) 182.6 (31.5) 152.2 (27.4)
 Subcutaneous adipose area at L3 (cm2) 159.7 (26.8) 230.6 (49.6) 193.3 (27.9)
 BMI (kg/m2) 26.8 (1.5) 29.2 (1.8) 27.9 (1.2)
 Muscle index (cm2/m2) 51.9 (3.1) 54.1 (2.9) 52.9 (2.1)
 Total estimated lean body mass (kg) 56.4 (3.2) 56.7 (2.8) 56.6 (2.1)
 Total estimated fat body mass (kg) 17.9 (1.1) 20.9 (2.1) 19.3 (1.2)
 Sarcopenic [n (%)] 5 (50%) 5 (55%) 10 (53%)
 BMI categories [n (%)]
 <18.5 kg/m2 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 18.5–24.9 kg/m2 4 (40%) 1 (11%) 5 (26%)
 25–29.9 kg/m2 3 (30%) 4 (44%) 7 (37%)
 ≥30 kg/m2 3 (30%) 4 (44%) 7 (37%)