Table 1.

Socio- demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants

Characteristic	Cases (N=160)
Age, median (IQR)	45.3(35.3–55.8)
Gender
Female, n (%)	124(77.5%)
BMI, median (IQR)	24.6(21.2–28.1)
HIV sero positive, n (%)	27 (16.9%)
ECOG, n (%)
0/1	147 (92.5%)
2/3	12 (7.5%)
Stage, n (%)
I/II	0 (0%)
III	86 (64.2%)
IV	48 (35.8%)
Hb, median (IQR)	12.3(10.6–14.1)
ALT, median (IQR)	16.7(12.0–23.1)
AST, median (IQR)	23.7(20.2–33.1)
Cr, median (IQR)	75.0(61.3–83.8)
LDH, median (IQR)	270(197–330)

Note: BMI – Body mass Index, Hb – Hemoglobin, WCC – White Cell Count, Plt – Platelet, ALT – Alanine Transaminase, AST – Aspartate Transaminase, T-Prot – Total Protein, Cr – Creatinine, LDH – Lactate Dehydrogenase.