Malnutrition-Related Factors Increased the Risk of Anastomotic Leak for Rectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery

Table 3

Single factor analysis of postoperative AL and clinical parameters of patients.

Parameters	Anastomotic leak ()
	No (326)	Yes (56)
Preoperative albumin (g/l)			0.434
Postoperative albumin (g/l)			0.046
Preoperative prealbumin (mg/dl)			0.409
Postoperative prealbumin (mg/dl)			0.300
Preoperative total albumin (g/l)			0.826
Postoperative total albumin (g/l)			0.338
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/l)			0.453
Postoperative hemoglobin (g/l)			0.586
Tumor distance from anal margin (cm)			<0.001