One component in each of the 4 categories for the wasting syndrome was retained: serum albumin ≤ 38 g/L, BMI ≤ 23 Kg/m2, serum creatinine ≤ 818 μmol/L, and normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR) ≤ 0.8 g/kg/day. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Cachexia.