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. 2019 Apr 10;11:3029–3041. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S197820

Table S2.

Relationship between the BMI or BMI loss and the TNM stage in 615 patients

Characteristics Overal (n=615) BMI p-value BMI loss p-value
<18.5 (%) (n=88) 18.5–22.9 (%) (n=307) ≥23.0 (%) (n=220) 0(%) (n=365) 1(%) (n=82) 2(%) (n=125) ≥3(%) (n=43)
T classification
1–2 196 20(22.7) 104(33.9) 72(32.7) 0.133 132(36.2) 28(34.1) 25(20.0) 11(25.6) 0.007
3–4 419 68(77.3) 203(66.1) 148(67.3) 233(63.8) 54(65.9) 100(80.0) 32(74.4)
N classification
No 283 33(37.5) 147(71.0) 103(46.8) 0.000 183(50.1) 34(41.5) 50(40.0) 16(37.2) 0.096
Yes 332 55(62.5) 160(29.0) 117(53.2) 182(49.9) 48(58.5) 75(60.0) 27(62.8)
M classification
No 585 84(95.5) 289(94.1) 212(96.4) 0.498 346(94.8) 77(93.9) 121(96.8) 41(95.3) 0.775
Yes 30 4(4.5) 18(5.9) 8(3.6) 19(5.2) 5(6.1) 4(3.2) 2(4.7)

Notes: Bold value indicates significant differences (p<0.05).

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.