Table 1 Comparison of clinic-pathological factors and outcomes between N-HEN and control groups.

From: Night home enteral nutrition as a novel enforced and physiologically effective nutrition therapy following total gastrectomy for gastric cancer

 

N-HEN

CG

P value

n = 24

n = 22

Gender

Male

16

67%

15

68%

 

Female

8

33%

7

32%

0.8737

Age (years, median ± SD)

71.0

± 13.1

68.1

± 13.0

0.1055

Body mass index (kg/m2, median ± SD)

21.3

± 2.9

22.2

± 2.8

0.1152

pT stage

T1

2

8%

9

41%

 

T2

2

8%

1

5%

 

T3

7

30%

4

18%

 

T4

13

54%

8

36%

0.2128

pN stage

N0

7

33%

12

55%

 

N1

1

5%

5

23%

 

N2

3

14%

2

9%

 

N3

10

48%

3

14%

0.1652

pStage

I

4

17%

8

36%

 

II

4

17%

7

32%

 

III

16

66%

7

32%

0.1549

Approach

Open

5

21%

13

62%

 

Laparoscopic/Robotic

19

79%

8

38%

0.0123

Posoperative complication (Clavien-Dindo ≥ 3)

1

4%

1

5%

1.0000

Anastomotic leakage

1

 

1

  

Others

0

 

0

  

Postoperative hospital stay (days, mean ± SD)

15.9

± 6.7

22.5

± 32.0

0.1394

Completion rate of adjuvant chemotherapy in Stage II–III patients

14/20

70%

4/14

29%

0.0420

Postoperative days until adjuvant chemotherarpy (days)

36.6

± 16.2

38.9

± 9.6

0.3514

Duration of adjuvant chemotherapy (days)

458.0

± 278.9

261.7

± 157.7

0.0313

Status at 3 months (mean ± SD)

Body weight loss (%)

4.0

± 6.3

15.2

± 7.1

< 0.0001

Pre-albuminn (mg/dl)

24.1

± 4.3

14.7

± 4.1

< 0.0001

Albumin (mg/dl)

3.8

± 0.3

3.6

± 0.8

0.0985

Total protein (g/dl)

6.7

± 0.4

6.2

± 0.8

0.0066

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

154.3

± 25.9

153.6

± 45.7

0.4854

Hemiglobin (g/dl)

11.8

± 1.4

11.1

± 1.6

0.0506

Status at 6 months (mean ± SD)

Body weight loss (%)

7.7

± 6.5

17.8

± 7.2

< 0.0001

Pre-albuminn (mg/dl)

22.1

± 5.3

16.2

± 5.6

0.0037

Albumin (mg/dl)

3.8

± 0.4

3.6

± 0.6

0.1319

Total protein (g/dl)

6.7

± 0.5

6.4

± 0.7

0.0550

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

177.9

± 31.4

164.5

± 21.3

0.1182

Hemiglobin (g/dl)

11.9

± 1.4

11.2

± 1.4

0.0550