Table 3. Associations among Weight Loss, Diabetes, Fatigue, Concentration, Depression/Sadness, and Stage in Pancreatic Cancer Cases.
Gained >3% | Stable weight (±3%) | Lost >3% to <10% | Lost ≥10% to <15% | Lost ≥15% | P value | No diabetes | ≥ 3 years earlier | < 3 years earlier | P value | |
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N=55 | N=93 | N=147 | N=108 | N=107 | N=370 | N=64 | N=75 | |||
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% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
No diabetes | 85 | 82 | 82 | 67 | 51 | <0.0001 | ||||
≥ 3 years earlier | 9 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||||
< 3 years earlier | 6 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 27 | |||||
Fatigue | 55 | 38 | 34 | 47 | 37 | 0.04 | 38 | 48 | 45 | 0.19 |
Concentration | 29 | 22 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 0.18 | 21 | 31 | 24 | 0.19 |
Depression/sadness | 20 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 0.24 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 0.15 |
Stage IA-IIA | 11 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 0.48 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 0.48 |
Stage IIB | 27 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 21 | ||
Stage III | 22 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 16 | ||
Stage IV | 40 | 43 | 42 | 44 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 45 |