Table 4.

Changes of clinical and laboratory parameters of esophageal cancer patients during chemoradiotherapy.

	Before CRT	After CRT	P value
BMI (kg·m−2)	23.5±4.2a	22.4±3.9	<0.001b
Albumin (g/l)	40.4±2.5	38.9±6.3	0.014
Cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.94±1.01	4.85±1.15	NS
Triacylglycerols (mmol/l)	1.36±0.68	1.48±0.51	NS
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.42±0.97	5.48±0.90	NS
CRP (mg/l)	6.75 [2.78; 13.58]c	10.90 [3.0; 28.0]	NSd

^aData are presented as mean ±S.D.;

^bpaired t-test;

^cmedian [interquartile range-Q1;Q3];

^dWilcoxon paired test;

BMI – body mass index = weight(kg)/[(height(m)]²; CRP – C-reactive protein.