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Table 1 Basic characteristics of included studies

From: Association between preoperative sarcopenia and prognosis of pancreatic cancer after curative-intent surgery: a updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Year

Author

Country

Sample size

Neoadjuvant treatment

Adjuvant treatment

Measurement

Cut-off value

Primary outcome

Secondary outcome

2023

Shen [46]

China

614

NA

379 (61.7%)

SMI

Male < 52.4cm2/m2; female < 38.5 cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.23, 95% CI 0.93–1.62) MC

NA

2022

Özkul [45]

Turkey

115

NA

NA

SMI

Male < 56.44cm2/m2; female < 43.56cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.33–1.85)

NA

2022

Cai [44]

China

115

NA

84 (73.0%)

SMI

Male < 45.16cm2/m2; female < 34.65cm2/m2

OS (HR = 2.31, 95% CI 1.21–4.40) PFS (HR = 1.91, 95% CI 1.15–3.17)

NA

2022

Kim [14]

Korea

347

0(0.0%)

226 (65.1%)

SMI

Following legends behinda

OS (HR = 1.40, 95% CI 0.93–2.10) PFS (HR = 1.43, 95% CI 0.96–2.13)

NA

2021

Rom [15]

Israel

111

3(2.7%)

73 (65.8%)

SMI

Male < 44.35cm2/m2; female < 34.82cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.73, 95% CI 1.07–2.80) MC

OC

2021

d’Engremont [43]

France

76

NA

NA

SMI

Male < 52.4cm2/m2; female < 38.5cm2/m2

PFS (HR = 1.78, 95% CI 1.01–3.14)

NA

2020

Ryu [41]

Korea

548

22(4.0%)

NA

SMI

Male < 50.18cm2/m2; female < 38.63cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.16, 95% CI 0.92–1.46) MC

CR-POPF PPH DGE SSI

2020

Xu [42]

China

152

NA

NA

PMI

Male < 4.78cm2/m2; female < 3.46cm2/m2

MC

NA

2020

Peng [40]

China

116

3 (2.6%)

58 (34.9%)

SMI

Male < 42.2cm2/m2; female < 33.9cm2/m2

OS (HR = 2.51, 95% CI 1.03–6.12) PFS (HR = 1.00, 95% CI 0.55–1.81) MC

NA

2019

Ratnayake [39]

New Zealand

89

NA

NA

SMI

Male < 43cm2/m2 (BMI < 25 kg/m2), 53cm2/m2 (BMI > 25 kg/m2); female < 41cm2/m2

MC

OC CR-POPF PPH DGE SSI

2019

Gruber [38]

Austria

133

20 (15.0%)

NA

SMI

Male < 52.4cm2/m2; female < 38.5cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.51, 95% CI 1.04–2.19) MC

CR-POPF

2018

Yamane [37]

Japan

99

NA

NA

SMI

Male < 43cm2/m2 (BMI < 25 kg/m2), 53cm2/m2 (BMI > 25 kg/m2); female < 41cm2/m2

NA

CR-POPF

2018

Wagner [36]

Austria

424

NA

NA

PMI

Male < 20.74cm2/m2; female < 14.65cm2/m2

MC

OC

2018

Tankel [35]

Israel

61

3 (4.9%)

NA

PMI

Male < 4.92cm2/m2; female < 3.62cm2/m2

MC

CR-POPF DGE

2018

EI Amrani [34]

France

107

NA

NA

SMI

Male < 52.4cm2/m2; female < 38.5cm2/m2

OS (HR = 2.04, 95% CI 0.93–4.47) MC

CR-POPF DGE SSI

2018

Choi [16]

Korea

180

NA

NA

SMI

Male < 45.3cm2/m2; female < 39.3cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.78, 95% CI 1.20–2.65) MC

OC

2017

Takagi [33]

Japan

219

NA

NA

SMI

Male < 68.5cm2/m2; female < 52.5cm2/m2

MC

CR-POPF DGE SSI

2017

Okumura [32]

Japan

301

33 (11.0%)

216 (71.2%)

SMI

Male < 47.1cm2/m2; female < 36.6cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.79, 95% CI 1.24–2.58) PFS (HR = 1.60, 95% CI 1.18–2.16) MC

CR-POPF

2017

Ninomiya [17]

Japan

265

0 (0.0%)

174 (65.6%)

SMI

Male < 43.75cm2/m2; female < 38.5cm2/m2

OS (HR = 2.11, 95% CI 1.20–3.70) MC

NA

2016

Nishida [31]

Japan

266

22 (8.3%)

NA

SMI

Male < 43cm2/m2 (BMI < 25 kg/m2), 53cm2/m2 (BMI > 25 kg/m2); female < 41cm2/m2

MC

CR-POPF DGE SSI

2015

Okumura [30]

Japan

230

24 (10.4%)

NA

PMI

Male < 5.90cm2/m2; female < 4.07cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.99, 95% CI 1.37–2.90) PFS (HR = 1.60, 95% CI 1.14–2.24) MC

NA

2015

Amini [29]

USA

763

NA

NA

PMI

Male < 5.64cm2/m2; female < 4.15cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.11–1.92) MC

OC

2012

Peng [28]

China

557

NA

NA

PMI

Male < 4.92cm2/m2; female < 3.62cm2/m2

OS (HR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.28–2.08) MC

OC

  1. SMI Skeletal muscle index, PMI Psoas muscle index, BMI Body mass index, HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidential interval, OS Overall survival, PFS Progression-free survival, MC Major complications, OC Overall complications, CR-POPF Clinically related postoperative pancreatic fistula, PPH Post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage, DGE Delayed gastric empty, SSI Surgical site infection, NA No available
  2. BMI < 23 kg/m2, age < 65 years: male < 45.25 cm2/m2, female < 37.39 cm2/m2; BMI < 23 kg/m2, age ≥ 65 years: male < 48.86 cm2/m2, female < 38.85 cm2/m2
  3. BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2, age < 65 years: male < 54.89 cm2/m2, female < 44.90 cm2/m2; BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2, age ≥ 65 years: male < 49.66 cm2/m2, female < 49.84 cm2/m2
  4. aKim et al.