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. 2021 Jun 1;12(4):983–992. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12723

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristic Total No NAFLD NAFLD P value
(n = 218) (n = 83) (n = 135)
Male (n, %) 142 (65.1%) 55 (66%) 87 (64%) 0.784
Age (years) 63.8 ± 10.5 62.2 ± 11.4 64.8 ± 9.8 0.084
BMI (kg/m2) 26.3 ± 3.8 25.0 ± 3.5 27.1 ± 3.7 <0.001
ASA classification (n, %)
1 35 (16.1%) 13 (16%) 22 (16%) 0.491
2 132 (60.6%) 47 (56%) 85 (63%)
≥3 51 (23.4%) 23 (28%) 28 (21%)
Comorbidity (n, %) 134 (62%) 46 (55%) 88 (65%) 0.150
Cardiovascular 97 (45%) 33 (40%) 64 (47%) 0.270
Pulmonary 21 (10%) 9 (11%) 12 (9%) 0.635
Renal 7 (3%) 4 (5%) 3 (2%) 0.431
Diabetes mellitus 19 (9%) 3 (3.6%) 16 (12%) 0.036
Other 21 (10%) 8 (10%) 13 (10%) 0.998
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (n, %) 150 (69%) 58 (69%) 92 (68%) 0.789
Radical resection (n, %) 145 (67%) 59 (71%) 86 (64%) 0.262
Fong‐score > 2 (n, %) 72 (33%) 26 (31%) 46 (34%) 0.675
Synchronous metastasis (n, %) 71 (33%) 51 (61%) 96 (71%) 0.139
Node positive primary (n, %) 140 (64%) 53 (64%) 87 (64%) 0.930
Largest metastasis ≥ 5 cm (n, %) 29 (13%) 13 (16%) 16 (12%) 0.421
>1 metastasis (n, %) 128 (59%) 47 (57%) 81 (60%) 0.623
CEA ≥ 200 ng/mL (n, %) 6 (3%) 2 (2%) 4 (3%) 1.000
Liver steatosis grade (n, %)
0 83 (38%) 83 (100%) <0.001
1 106 (48%) 106 (78%)
2 21 (10%) 21 (16%)
3 8 (4%) 8 (6%)
Tissue L3‐index (Z‐score)
Muscle 0 ± 1.0 −0.20 ± 0.91 0.12 ± 1.00 0.022
VAT 0 ± 1.0 −0.46 ± 0.91 0.28 ± 0.93 <0.001
SAT 0 ± 1.0 −0.30 ± 0.89 0.18 ± 1.00 <0.001
TAT 0 ± 1.0 −0.42 ± 0.92 0.26 ± 0.94 <0.001
Tissue radiation attenuation (Z‐score)
Muscle 0 ± 1.0 0.03 ± 1.05 −0.02 ± 0.96 0.752
VAT 0 ± 1.0 0.43 ± 1.07 −0.27 ± 0.83 <0.001
SAT 0 ± 1.0 0.32 ± 1.22 −0.20 ± 0.75 0.001
ΔTissue L3‐index (%/100 days) a
Muscle −2.4 ± 9.7 −1.5 ± 9.4 −2.9 ± 9.9 0.425
VAT 10.4 ± 43.3 20.8 ± 60.2 3.7 ± 26.1 0.060
SAT 3.6 ± 20.2 7.4 ± 25.3 1.1 ± 15.8 0.114
TAT 5.1 ± 22.6 10.4 ± 30.6 1.7 ± 14.9 0.065
ΔTissue radiation attenuation (%/100 days) a
Muscle 5.7 ± 23.3 6.3 ± 25.5 5.3 ± 21.9 0.801
VAT 1.2 ± 7.5 1.4 ± 9.3 1.1 ± 6.1 0.859
SAT 1.4 ± 7.8 1.5 ± 9.4 1.4 ± 6.7 0.948

Patient characteristics and differences in characteristics between non‐NAFLD and NAFLD patients. Continuous variables are depicted as mean ± standard deviation.

ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; NAFLD, non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; TAT, total adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

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Differences in body composition over time were assessed in 131 patients.