[Retracted] Preoperative Nutritional Status and Risk Factors Associated with Delayed Discharge in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Table 1
Clinical and nutritional characteristics of malnourished and well-nourished elderly patients.
Item
Group
All ()
Malnourished (, 31.8%)
Well-nourished (, 68.2%)
Age, years
Median (IQR)
70 (67, 74)
72 (69, 76)
69 (67, 73)
36.700
<0.001
Gender, (%)
Male
584 (74.6)
184 (74.9)
400 (73.9)
0.092
0.762
Female
199 (25.4)
65 (25.1)
134 (26.1)
BMI (kg/m2)
-31.949
<0.001
Number of chronic diseases, (%)
0 ~ 2
707 (90.3)
221 (88.8)
486 (91.0)
0.986
0.321
≥3
76 (9.7)
28 (11.2)
48 (9.0)
PNI
-5.108
<0.001
Albumin (g/L)
-4.680
<0.001
Prealbumin (mg/L)
-5.709
<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/L)
-3.205
0.001
TLC (×109/L)
0.719
0.472
Type of surgery, (%)
Total gastrectomy
359 (45.8)
112 (45.0)
247 (46.3)
0.653
0.721
Distal gastrectomy
397 (50.7)
130 (52.2)
267 (50.0)
Proximal gastrectomy
27 (3.4)
7 (2.8)
20 (3.7)
Operation time (min)
Median (IQR)
160 (123, 189.5)
160 (126, 189)
160 (129, 191)
3.025
0.082
Type of anesthesia, (%)
GA
87 (11.1)
35 (14.1)
52 (9.7)
3.206
0.073
TEA
696 (88.9)
214 (85.9)
482 (90.3)
Preoperative consultation, (%)
Yes
132 (16.9)
47 (18.9)
85 (15.9)
1.060
0.303
No
651 (83.1)
202 (81.1)
449 (84.1)
Preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy, (%)
Yes
25 (3.2)
9 (3.6)
16 (3.0)
0.210
0.647
No
758 (96.8)
240 (96.4)
518 (97.0)
Tumor stage, (%)
I
126 (16.1)
32 (13.0)
87 (16.2)
7.452
0.059
II
150 (19.2)
53 (21.3)
133 (24.9)
III
402 (51.3)
128 (51.3)
267 (50.0)
IV
105 (13.4)
36 (14.4)
47 (8.9)
Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; PNI: prognostic nutritional index; TLC: total lymphocyte count; GA: general anesthesia; TEA: general anesthesia combined with thoracic epidural block.