Table 5.
The relationship between body mass index/weight loss (BMI/WL) grade and measures of body composition and physical function measurements in patients with advanced cancer (n = 523).
| High subcutaneous fat index n = 192 | BMI/WL grade 0/1 | BMI/WL grade 2/3 | BMI/WL grade 4 | All | p |
| No | 20 (22.0) | 23 (30.7) | 11 (42.3) | 54 (28.1) | 0.104 |
| Yes | 71 (78.0) | 52 (69.3) | 15 (57.7) | 138 (71.9) | |
| All | 91 | 75 | 26 | 192 | |
| High visceral obesity n = 192 | BMI/WL grade 0/1 | BMI/WL grade 2/3 | BMI/WL grade 4 | All | p |
| No | 30 (33.0) | 33 (44.0) | 16 (61.5) | 79 (41.1) | 0.027 |
| Yes | 61 (67.0) | 42 (56.0) | 10 (38.5) | 113 (58.9) | |
| All | 91 | 75 | 26 | 192 | |
| Low skeletal muscle index n = 304 | BMI/WL grade 0/1 | BMI/WL grade 2/3 | BMI/WL grade 4 | All | p |
| No | 93 (57.8) | 56 (51.9) | 13 (37.1) | 162 (53.3) | 0.080 |
| Yes | 68 (42.2) | 52 (48.1) | 22 (62.9) | 142 (46.7) | |
| All | 161 | 108 | 35 | 304 | |
| Low skeletal muscle radiodensity n = 292 | BMI/WL grade 0/1 | BMI/WL grade 2/3 | BMI/WL grade 4 | All | p |
| No | 70 (45.8) | 41 (39.4) | 5 (14.3) | 116 (39.7) | 0.003 |
| Yes | 83 (54.2) | 63 (60.6) | 30 (85.7) | 176 (60.3) | |
| All | 153 | 104 | 35 | 292 | |
| Timed up and go test failure n = 404 | BMI/WL grade 0/1 | BMI/WL grade 2/3 | BMI/WL grade 4 | All | p |
| No | 68 (33.7) | 41 (28.9) | 16 (26.7) | 125 (30.9) | 0.473 |
| Yes | 134 (66.3) | 101 (71.1) | 44 (73.3) | 279 (69.1) | |
| All | 202 | 142 | 60 | 404 | |
| Hand grip strength test failure n = 119 | BMI/WL grade 0/1 | BMI/WL grade 2/3 | BMI/WL grade 4 | All | p |
| No | 47 (63.5) | 21 (58.3) | 6 (66.7) | 74 (62.2) | 0.835 |
| Yes | 27 (36.5) | 15 (41.7) | 3 (33.3) | 45 (37.8) | |
| All | 74 | 36 | 9 | 119 |