Group Characteristics
| Group 1 (malignancy) | Group 2 (sarcoidosis/FUO) | Group 3 (sarcoidosis/FUO) | Post hoc Bonferroni | |||||||
| Characteristic | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | One-way ANOVA | 1 vs. 2 | 1 vs. 3 | 2 vs. 3 |
| Age (y) | 55.3 (range, 15–81) | — | 55.2 (range, 13–81) | — | 56.5 (range, 24–80) | — | 0.908 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Serum glucose (mmol/L) | 6.4 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 0.837 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Weight (kg) | 71.4 | 16.3 | 79.7 | 14.8 | 82.2 | 14.3 | 0.001 | 0.022 | 0.001 | 1.00 |
| Body mass index | 24.06 | 4.46 | 26.61 | 4.64 | 26.08 | 4.46 | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.081 | 1.00 |
| Body surface area | 1.84 | 0.24 | 1.95 | 0.22 | 2.01 | 0.20 | 0.001 | 0.040 | 0.001 | 0.539 |
FUO = fever of unknown origin.
n = 50 per group.