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. 2019 Jun 20;14(6):e0218761. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218761

Table 1. Baseline patient characteristics (N = 112).

Variable Sarcopenia P value#
Yes (n = 46) No (n = 66)
Median age (years, range) 55.6 (31.1–72.8) 51.2 (35.7–74.9) 0.05*
Median BMI (kg/m2, range) 24.9 (15.8–34.8) 31.6 (20.9–54.5) <0.001*
Male (%) 56.5% 56.1% 0.96
Metastatic disease (%) 65.2% 54.5% 0.26
Newly diagnosed (%) 65.2% 57.6% 0.42

#P value compares the distribution of baseline characteristics across 2 categories of sarcopenia

*P < = 0.05

BMI body mass index