Research Article
Clinical Features and Body Composition in Men with Hormone-Sensitive Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Pilot Study Examining Differences by Race
Table 3
Changes in body composition for Black versus non-Black men with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer and repeat computed tomography imaginga.
| | | Non-Black n = 14 | Black n = 5 | value |
| | Skeletal muscle index change, cm2/m2 (median, IQR) | −3.7 [(−8.5)–(−0.4)] (7% loss) | −1.2 [(−1.8)–12.5)] (2% gain) | 0.2870 | | Subcutaneous adipose tissue change (cm2) (median, IQR) | 23.2 [(−6.5)−51.5] (5% gain) | 95.2 (89.4–172.3) (8% gain) | 0.0109 | | Visceral adipose tissue change (cm2) (median, IQR) | −16.0 [(−32.2)−3.5] (1% gain) | 40.1 (29.4–41.0) (2% gain) | 0.0577 | | Intramuscular adipose tissue change (cm2) (median, IQR) | 3.1 (0.4–5.6) (10% gain) | 8.4 (6.7–11.7) (21% gain) | 0.0710 | | Skeletal muscle HU change (median, IQR) | −5.7 [(−9.6)−(3.2)] (14%) | −5.3 [(−7.2)−(−1.4)] (12%) | 0.6770 | | Subcutaneous adipose tissue HU change (median, IQR) | −5.0 [(−9.6]−(−3.2)] | −8.0 [(−7.2)−(1.4)] | 0.2114 | | Visceral adipose tissue HU change (median, IQR) | −0.6 [(−6.0)−(1.6)] | −1.6 [(−4.5)−4.4] | 0.8896 | | Intramuscular adipose tissue HU change (median, IQR) | −3.8 [(−10.6)−(0.2)] | −7.4 [(−14.5)−(1.7)] | 0.8170 |
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aHU = Hounsfield and IQR = interquartile range.
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