Table 3.

Linear regression analyses of the associations between baseline patient characteristics and muscle measures

	SMI						SMD
	Simple			Multiple			Simple			Multiple
	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P	β	95% CI	P
Severe co‐morbidity	0.44	−1.54 to 2.42	0.663	−0.33	−1.91 to 1.25	0.678	−3.32	−5.31 to −1.32	0.001	−1.91	−3.71 to −0.12	0.037
Age	0.001	−0.099 to 0.102	0.977	−0.09	−0.18 to 0.01	0.028	−0.40	−0.49 to −0.31	<0.001	−0.39	−0.48 to −0.30	<0.001
Stage	−2.63	−4.87 to −0.40	0.021	−2.30	−4.07 to −0.53	0.011	−0.21	−2.53 to 2.12	0.861	−1.10	−3.11 to 0.91	0.282
Gender	−0.04	−10.71 to −7.38	<0.001	−8.67	−10.32 to −7.02	<0.001	0.58	−1.48 to 2.63	0.582	−1.91	−3.78 to −0.04	0.045
PS	−0.77	−3.19 to 1.66	0.536	0.23	−1.68 to 2.14	0.813	−0.93	−3.43 to 1.57	0.465	−1.79	−3.96 to 0.37	0.104
BMI	0.75	0.53–0.97	<0.001	0.54	0.34–0.73	<0.001	−0.57	−0.81 to −0.34	<0.001	−0.60	−0.82 to −0.38	<0.001
Appetite loss	−2.62	−5.73 to 0.50	0.099	−0.53	−3.02 to 1.95	0.672	−1.14	−4.35 to 2.06	0.483	0.90	−1.92 to 3.73	0.530
Smoking history	0.36	−3.58 to 4.30	0.857	−1.20	−4.46 to 2.07	0.472	2.01	−2.13 to 6.15	0.340	−0.96	−4.67 to 2.75	0.610

CI, confidence interval; SMD, skeletal muscle density.