Gastroenterology Research and Practice / 2018 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
High Visceral to Subcutaneous Fat Ratio Is Associated with Increased Postoperative Inflammatory Response after Colorectal Resection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Table 1 Basic characteristics of the patients (
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With infectious complications ( ) Without infectious complications ( ) Age 36.7 (13.3) 35.9 (12.9) 0.628a Sex (male : female) 18 : 11 33 : 24 0.710b Muscle cross section area 136.1 (35.4) 132.3 (42.5) 0.679a Subcutaneous fat area (cm2 ) 106.1 (68.9) 102.0 (67.7) 0.793a Visceral fat area (cm2 ) 67.7 (34.7) 66.7 (37.7) 0.904a Mesenteric fat index (MFI) 2.18 (2.49) 1.98 (1.91) 0.683a BMI (kg/m2 ) 18.6 (2.6) 17.9 (2.9) 0.314a Preoperative albumin (g/L)† 34.8 38.2 <0.001a Preoperative medication 5-ASA 14 23 0.483b Immunomodulators 14 18 0.130b Glucocorticoids 11 10 0.037b Biologics 1 4 0.659b Diagnosis Crohn’s disease 20 44 — Ulcerative colitis 12 10 0.001b Surgical site Ileocecal/right colectomy 13 29 — Transverse colectomy 1 3 — Left colectomy 4 6 — Sigmoid/rectal resection 2 6 — Total colectomy 12 10 0.001c Surgical technique (laparoscopic : open surgery) 11 : 18 17 : 40 0.448b Estimated blood loss (mL), median (range) 101.3 (10–300) 101.3 (10–300) 0.164d Operative time (min), mean (SD) 182.6 (58.2) 221.0 (68.0) 0.008a Length of stay (day), median (range) 14.3 (7–44) 8.8 (4–22) <0.001d Postoperative complications (Clavien-Dindo classification) I 11 — — II 22 — — III 2 — — IV or above 0 — —
Data presented as mean (SD) or median (range). Data were calculated using
a Student’s
t -test,
b test,
c Fisher’s exact test, and
d Mann–Whitney
U test.
† Preoperative albumin level was not recorded for 4 patients.