Table 1.

A comparison of the patient and the control groups (mean ± SD).

	Patient (n = 67)	Control (n = 20)	P value
Age, y	62.9 ± 8.7	63.1 ± 6.2	.988
Age (below 55/above 55)	18/49	2/18	.169
Sex (female/male)	5/62	4/16	.202
Weight, kg	70.07 ± 12.8	80.6 ± 10.8	.002*
Weight loss (yes/no)	42/25	0/20	.042*
Smoking (yes/no)	54/13	0/20	.027*
BMI, kg/m2	25.4 ± 4.9	27.2 ± 2.9	.078
Waist circumference, cm	89.4 ± 11.6	98.2 ± 7.6	.0001*
Hip circumference, cm	95.5 ± 7.8	104.2 ± 5.4	.0001*
Triceps thickness, mm	1.9 ± 0.8	3.6 ± 0.5	.0001*
Arm circumference, cm	26.4 ± 3.7	32.2 ± 2.2	.0001*
Hemoglobin, g/dL	12.8 ± 1.7	14.5 ± 1.0	.0001*
Albumin, g/dL	4.1 ± 0.4	4.4 ± 0.3	.014*
CRP, mg/dL	5.7 ± 6.1	0.3 ± 0.1	.0001*
LDH, IU/L	411.9 ± 108.1	194.1 ± 7.1	.015*
Leptin, ng/mL	8.5 ± 1.6	12.8 ± 2.4	.025*
Resistin, ng/mL	6.3 ± 1.9	4.4 ± 0.5	.0001*

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; n, number of patients; SD, standard deviation.

Results of Mann-Whitney U test.

^*P < .05 indicates statistical significance.