Table 2.

Patient data

	Non-cachexia (n = 50)	Early-cachexia (n = 40)	Late-cachexia (n = 28)
Ages (years)	63.5 ± 11.8	62.1 ± 10.6	59.7 ± 11.3
Female no. (%)	22 (44.4%)	18 (45%)	13 (46.4%)
BMI (kg/m2)	23.9 ± 3.5	20.2 ± 3.1*	18.3 ± 3.4*, #
Serum albumin (g/l)	38.6 ± 4.4	33.7 ± 3.8*	30.1 ± 3.1*, #
Serum triglyceride (mmol/l)	1.3 ± 0.6	1.6 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.6
Serum FFA (mmol/l)	0.32 ± 0.18	0.55 ± 0.25*	0.41 ± 0.25 #
Serum IL-6 (pg/ml)	4.6 ± 2.7	7.2 ± 4.3*	13.3 ± 7.4*, #
Serum TNF-α (pg/ml)	6.8 ± 4.4	10.2 ± 5.0	16.7 ± 6.7*, #

^*P < 0.05 (early stage cachexia VS. non-cachexia; or late stage cachexia VS. non-cachexia;); ^#P < 0.05 (late stage cachexia VS. early stage cachexia)