Impact Exerted by Nutritional Risk Screening on Clinical Outcome of Patients with Esophageal Cancer

Table 5

Comparison of complications and hospitalization information between two groups of patients with/without nutritional risk.

Group		Complications	Length of stay	Medical expenses
Patients with nutritional risk
Nutrition support	52	8 (15.38)	12.4 ± 3.9	93723 ± 5614
Nonnutrition support	52	9 (17.30)	14.2 ± 3.1	95988 ± 4612
		0.07	2.61	2.25
		0.791	0.011	0.027
Patients without nutritional risk
Nutrition support	28	4 (14.28)	11.6 ± 3.4	92628 ± 5013
Nonnutrition support	28	5 (17.85)	12.1 ± 3.1	89748 ± 4779
		0.13	0.78	3.00
		0.716	0.435	0.003