Weight-loss & metabolite data of cachetic cancer patients over multiple time points

This dataset contains weight-loss data and metabolite measurements from cachetic cancer patients. This data set is part of the publication "Biomarkers related to fatty acid oxidative capacity are predictive for continued weight loss in cachectic cancer patients" by Catanese et al., 2021 (LINK). Data were collected over a extended time period starting from the day of hospital admission. Up to seven time points are available for individual patients. A metabolite profile consisting of amino acids and acylcarnitines measured via tandem MS/MS from both blood plasma and dried blood spots is available for each patient at each time point. Additional available phenotypes are the age, sex and historic weight of each patient. 

Abbreviations:

• HW - Historical weight
• TP - Time point
• WL - Weight loss
• DBS - Dried blood spot
• Metabolite abbreviations are explained in Supplementary Table S5 of the corresponding publication