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

Table 4

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

	BMI-L group ()	BMI-H group ()	value
Operation time (min)	225.81 ± 64.22	236.61 ± 97.18	0.472
Blood loss^b (ml)	99.07 ± 66.54	120.22 ± 73.20	0.110
Number of lymph nodes^c	30.36 ± 11.21	26.61 ± 11.04	0.079

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