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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2013 Jun 7;21(10):2825–2833. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-1861-0

Table 3.

Weight status of cohorts 1 and 2 combined by loco-regional progression

Characteristics Subjects p valuea

Loco-regional progression

No (n=122) no (%) or median Yes (n=18) no (%) or median
Median pretreatment weight (kg) (range) 80.55 (42.60–140.50) 74.50 (46.80–141) 0.26
Median pretreatment IBW % (range) 118 (72–193) 101.5 (73–163) 0.02
Pretreatment weight status
  <90 % IBW 14 (11) 6 (33)
  ≥90 % IBW 108 (89) 12 (67) 0.02
Median pretreatment BMI (range) 26.78 (16.90–45.10) 24.70 (16.58–41.65) 0.10
Pretreatment weight status by BMI
  ≤20 BMI 9 (7.4) 3 (16.7)
  >20 BMI 113 (92.6) 15 (83.3) 0.19
Median weight loss during RT (kg) (range) 7 (−3.7–26) 5.5 (−5–18.3) 0.48
Median weight loss % during RT (range) 8.67 (−5.78–24.07) 8.23 (−5.95–22.5) 0.96

kg kilograms, IBW ideal body weight

a

Fisher exact test or Chi square (two-tailed) was used to examine differences for categorical variables and Mann–Whitney U (two-tailed) was used to examine differences for continuous variables