Table 1. Comparison of Patient Backgrounds between Two Groups.

From: Relationship between Postoperative Complications and Nutrition-Related Indices including Prealbumin in Postoperative Gastric Cancer Patients

All Non-complication Complication p value
N=108 N=84 N=24
 Age, (y) 75 (67, 80) 73 (65, 80) 79 (73, 82) 0.039
 Gender, (M/F) 82/26 63/21 19/5 0.791
 BMI, (kg/m2) 22 (20, 24) 22 (20, 24) 22 (19, 24) 0.953
Comorbidity
 Psychiatric disorder, n (%) 16 (14.8) 7 (8.3) 9 (37.5) 0.001
 Hypertension, n (%) 42 (38.9) 29 (34.5) 13 (54.2) 0.099
 Diabetes, n (%) 29 (26.9) 22 (26.2) 7 (29.2) 0.797
 Cerebrovascular, n (%) 8 (7.4) 6 (7.1) 2 (8.3) 1.000
 Respiratory, n (%) 21 (19.4) 7 (8.3) 14 (58.3) <0.001
 Cardiovascular, n (%) 32 (29.6) 22 (26.2) 10 (41.7) 0.114
Surgical information
 Stage, (Ⅰ/Ⅱ/Ⅲ) 46/37/25 38/31/15 8/6/10 0.051
 Location, (partial/total) 76/32 62/22 14/10 0.204
 Surgical, (open/laparoscope) 81/27 61/23 20/4 0.423
 Surgical duration, (min) 334 (295, 433) 346 (295, 433) 328 (296, 436) 0.503
 Blood loss, (ml) 214 (75, 424) 173 (55, 339) 361 (140, 496) 0.041
Pulmonary function test
 %VC, (%) 89 (78, 101) 93 (83, 102) 82 (73, 90) 0.008
 %FVC, (%) 90 (79, 102) 92 (83, 104) 81 (71, 85) 0.001
 FEV1, (%) 73 (66, 82) 73 (67, 83) 72 (64, 81) 0.451
 %FEV1, (%) 84 (68, 97) 86 (70, 102) 76 (64, 87) 0.107
Blood data
 CEA, (ng/mL) 2 (1, 4) 2 (1, 3) 3 (2, 6) 0.035
 CA19-9, (U/mL) 5 (3,10) 5 (2,10) 4 (3,12) 0.814
 CRP, (mg/L) 0.2 (0.1, 0.7) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.8 (0.1,1.7) 0.008
 ALB, (g/dL) 3.8 (3.5,4.2) 3.9 (3.7,4.2) 3.5 (2.9,4.0) 0.001
 PAB, (mg/dL) 21 (18, 26) 22 (19, 26) 18 (12, 20) <0.001
 LC, (/μL) 1536 (1110, 1961) 1560 (1200, 1961) 1314 (1030, 1973) 0.425
 TC, (mg/dL) 187 (162, 204) 195 (169, 214) 152 (137, 175) <0.001
 PNI 46 (41, 51) 47 (43, 51) 42 (35, 48) 0.008
 CONUT 1 (1, 3) 1 (0, 3) 4 (1, 6) <0.001
Table 2. Factors Related to Postoperative Complications and Univariate and Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis.

From: Relationship between Postoperative Complications and Nutrition-Related Indices including Prealbumin in Postoperative Gastric Cancer Patients

Variable Univariate
OR 95%CI p Value
Age 1.064 1.005-1.126 0.034
Female 1.267 0.421-3.813 0.674
Surgical (open) 0.530 0.164-1.719 0.291
%FEV1 0.987 0.966-1.008 0.208
PAB 0.841 0.763-0.927 <0.001
ALB 0.299 0.137-0.653 0.002
PNI 0.918 0.862-0.977 0.007
CONUT 1.371 1.140-1.648 0.001
Table 3. Factors Related to Postoperative Complications and Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis.

From: Relationship between Postoperative Complications and Nutrition-Related Indices including Prealbumin in Postoperative Gastric Cancer Patients

Variable multivariate
OR 95%CI p Value
Model 1
 Age 1.030 0.965-1.100 0.370
 Female 3.533 0.786-16.06 0.100
 Surgical (open) 0.525 0.140-1.961 0.338
 %FEV1 0.988 0.963-1.013 0.331
 PAB 0.808 0.716-0.911 0.001
Model 2
 Age 1.037 0.972-1.106 0.271
 Female 1.426 0.395-5.152 0.588
 Surgical (open) 0.473 0.130-1.725 0.257
 %FEV1 0.990 0.967-1.014 0.398
 ALB 0.364 0.157-0.845 0.019
Model 3
 Age 1.038 0.974-1.107 0.249
 Female 1.377 0.388-4.889 0.432
 Surgical (open) 0.440 0.123-1.569 0.206
 %FEV1 0.989 0.966-1.012 0.336
 PNI 0.931 0.870-0.997 0.042
Model 4
 Age 1.030 0.966-1.098 0.366
 Female 1.211 0.320-4.584 0.778
 Surgical (open) 0.397 0.105-1.500 0.173
 %FEV1 0.987 0.962-1.011 0.283
 CONUT 1.338 1.095-1.635 0.004
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