Table 3.
Proportions of patients fulfilling different body composition definitions.
| Parameter | Before CRT at Planning CT n (%) |
After CRT at CT for First FU n (%) |
p-Value † |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cachectic weight (loss >5%) | 83 (58.9%) | 120 (85.1%) | <0.0001 |
| Sarcopenia (SMI below cut-offs) | 89 (63.1%) | 96 (68.1%) | 0.1892 |
| Visceral obesity (VF at L3 >100 cm2) | 79 (56.0%) | 57 (40.4%) | <0.0001 |
| Sarcopenic visceral obesity | 48 (34.0%) | 38 (27.0%) | 0.0639 |
| Sarcopenic obesity | 2 (1.4%) | 1 (0.7%) | <0.0001 |
| Cachexia by definition | 89 (63.1%) | 128 (90.8%) | <0.0001 |
† Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test.