Prediction of the Risk of Laparoscopy-Assisted Gastrectomy by Comparing Visceral Fat Area and Body Mass Index

Table 3

Comparison of the intraoperative outcomes between the low-VFA group and high-VFA group carrying out without conversion to laparotomy.

	VFA-L group ()	VFA-H group ()	value
Operation time (min)	214.53 ± 47.61	245.66 ± 98.72	0.033
Blood loss^b (ml)^∗	101.29 ± 68.80	113.62 ± 70.68	0.343
Number of lymph nodes^c	29.10 ± 10.46	28.64 ± 12.08	0.825

Data are mean ± SD. ^bIntraoperative blood loss. ^cNumber of dissected lymph nodes.