Research Article
Clinical and Oncological Value of Preoperative BMI in Gastric Cancer Patients: A Single Center Experience
Table 2
Summary of studies from Europe, Asia, and USA.
| Year | Author | Country |
BMI stratification | Cohort size | Outcome | Number of lymph nodes retrieved | Morbidity | Survival |
| 2000 | Inagawa et al. [23] | Japan | <20; 20–25; >25 | 293 | | No difference | No difference |
2003 | Gretschel et al. [28] | Germany | <25; 25–30; >30 | 199 | No difference | No difference | |
2004 | Murphy et al. [37] | UK | <20; 20–25; 25–30; >30 | 50 | | No difference | |
2008 | Yamada et al. [31] | Japan | <25; >25 | 248 | No difference | No difference | No difference |
2009 | Oh et al. [26] | Korea | <25; >25 | 410 | Significant difference | Significant difference | No difference | 2009 | Tokunaga et al. [34] | Japan | <25; >25 | 7925 | | | Significant difference | 2009 | Ojima et al. [36] | Japan | <25; >25 | 689 | | Significant difference | No difference |
2011 | Nobuoka et al. [35] | Japan | <25; >25 | 644 | | Significant difference | No difference (except for stage IV) | 2010 | Kulig et al. [9] | Poland | <25; >25 | 1992 | Significant difference | No difference | Significant difference | 2012 | Lee et al. [38] | Korea | <25; >25 | 243 | No difference | No difference | | 2012 | Oh et al. [39] | Korea | <25; >25 | 61 | No difference | No difference | |
2013 | Bickenbach et al. [10] | USA | <25; >25 | 1853 | Significant difference | Significant difference | No difference | 2013 | Pata et al. [27] | Italy | <25; 25–30; >30 | 161 | Significant difference | Significant difference | | 2013 | Lin et al. [25] | Taiwan | <25, 25–30, >30 | 947 | Significant difference | Significant difference | No difference | 2014 | Wong et al. [29] | USA | <18.5; 18.5–25; 25–30; >30 | 222 | Significant difference | No difference | Significant difference | 2014 | Kim et al. [30] | Korea | <18.5; 18.5–23; 23–25; 25–30; >30 | 304 | Significant difference | No difference | No difference | 2014 | Present experience | Italy | <25; 25–30; >30 | 378 | No difference | No difference | No difference |
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