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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: A multicenter study of body mass index in cancer patients treated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors: when overweight becomes favorable

 

N° (%)

 

976

AGE, (years)

 Median

68

 Range

24–92

 Elderly (≥ 70)

445 (45.6)

SEX

 Male

663 (67.9)

 Female

313 (32.1)

ECOG PS

 0–1

831 (85.1)

  ≥ 2

145 (14.9)

Primary Tumor

 NSCLC

635 (65.1)

 Melanoma

183 (18.7)

 Renal cell carcinoma

135 (13.8)

 Others

23 (2.4)

No. of metastatic sites

  ≤ 2

467 (47.9)

  > 2

509 (52.1)

Type of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agent

 Pembrolizumab

235 (24.1)

 Nivolumab

706 (72.3)

 Atezolizumab

35 (3.6)

Treatment line of Immunotherapy

 First

260 (26.6)

 Non-First

716 (73.4)

Weight (Kg)

 

 Median

71

 Range

35–139

BMI (kg/m2)

 Median (range)

24.9 (13.5–46.6)

 Underweight (BMI ≤ 18.5), n°(%)

40 (4.1)

 Normal weight (BMI 18.5 < BMI ≤ 24.9), n°(%)

452 (46.3)

 Overweight (25 < BMI ≤ 29.9), n°(%)

377 (38.6)

 Obese (BMI ≥ 30), n° (%)

107 (11)