Figure 3.

Relevant nutritional parameters and survival. Relevant nutritional parameters (means ± SEM) and survival in days in the L-Carnitine treatment arm (black lines) and placebogroup (gray lines). Survival is given in days after diagnosis as Kaplan-Meier curve and body mass index (BMI), body fat, and body cell mass (BCM) aregiven as percent changes under respective treatment over 12 weeks. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).