Table 2.

Comparison of body composition parameters between colorectal and lung cancer groups. Results are displayed as mean ± SEM

	Colon mean n = 74	NSCLC mean n = 53	Sig.
FM index (kg/m2)	8.881 ± 0.2912	8.597 ± 0.3270	0.5202
FFM index (kg/m2)	17.64 ± 0.3269	16.28 ± 0.3716	0.0071 **
SM index (kg/m2)	51.52 ± 1.082	47.09 ± 1.237	0.0084 **
Muscle FF (%)	36.24 ± 0.9692	40.19 ± 1.247	0.0124 *
Sarcopenic : not sarcopenic	19 : 55	22 : 31	0.0598

FF, fat fraction; FFM, fat free mass; FM, fat mass; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SEM, standard error of the mean; SM, skeletal muscle.

Significance is summarised as follows: *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.