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Table 1 Overall Characteristics of the population

From: Prognostic value of sarcopenia in patients treated by Radiochemotherapy for locally advanced oesophageal cancer

 

No. of patients, n = 97

Clinical parameters

Age

63.61 (11.12)

Sex

  M

81 (83.5%)

  F

16 (16.5%)

Histological subtype

  SCC

75 (77.3%)

  OA

22 (22.7%)

T

  2

13 (14.4%)

  3

74 (82.2%)

  4

3 (3.3%)

N

  0

15 (15.6%)

  1

75 (78.1%)

  2

4 (4.2%)

  3

2 (2.1%)

M

  0

80 (82.5%)

  1

17 (17.5%)

TNM Stage

  I-II

25 (25.7%)

  III-IV

72 (74.2%)

Tumour location

  Upper

20 (20.6%)

  Mean

35 (36.1%)

  Low

42 (43.3%)

WHO Stage

  0

46 (47.4%)

  1

45 (46.4%)

  > 1

6 (6.2%)

Nutritional parameters

NRI

  > 97.5

41 (52.6%)

  97.5–83.5

32 (41.0%)

  < 83.5

5 (6.4%)

Albumin levels (g/l)

38.91 (5.14)

Weight (kg)

69.39 (14.84)

Size (m)

1.7 [1.45–1.85]

BMI

24.08 (5.00)

Weight loss (%)

7.00 [0.00–32]

Anthropometric parameters

SML3 (cm2)

143.57 (29.15)

VFML3 (cm2)

109.33 [5.80, 418.29]

SCFML3 (cm2)

121.43 [4.20, 432.99]

Mean Density (HU)

30.59 (7.64)

SMI

49.59 (8.72)

18FDG-PET/CT parameters

TVol40

13.50 [1.90, 140.40]

SUVmean

6.30 [1.90, 16.60]

SUVmax

11.50 [3.60, 27.90]

TLG

94.5 [6.9–1294]

  1. Note: Qualitative variable are described by distribution and frequencies (%); Gaussian variables are described by mean and standard deviation; non-Gaussian variables are described by mean [range]
  2. Abbreviation: SCC Squamous Cell Carcinoma, OA Oesophageal adenocarcinoma, NRI nutritional risk index, BMI Body Mass Index, SML3 L3 Skeletal Muscular Mass, VFML3 L3 Visceral Fat Mass, SCFML3 L3 Subcutaneous Fat Mass, SMI Skeletal Muscle Index, TNM Tumour, Node, Metastasis, WHO World Health Organization, TLG Total Lesion Glycolysis