Table 3: Questionnaire and CRP Values.

Questionnaire (Q) mean values in patients with weight loss ≤ 5% in six months:

                                                                Q           sem                   n

Cancer patients                                      6 ***   0.482               65

Non-cancer patients                              2           0.168               117

CRP concentrations in patients with weight loss ≤ 5% in six months:

                                                              CRP interval        n

Cancer patients                                      0                      39        

                                                            2                      13

                                                            3                      6

                                                            4                      7

Non-cancer patients                              0                      67        

                                                            2                      33

                                                            3                      13

                                                            4                      4

Statistical significance of the results (Student's t test ***p<0.001

CRP score when 5mg/l<CRP= 0; 5mg/L<CRP<10mg/L= 2; 10mg/L<CRP<20mg/L=3 and CRP>20mg/L= 4.