Table 2 Comparison of patient characteristics between the study groups.

From: Geriatric nutritional risk index as a potential prognostic marker for patients with resectable pancreatic cancer: a single-center, retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Low

High

p-value

(N = 72)

(N = 67)

Sex (male vs. female)

37 vs. 45

29 vs. 40

0.74

Age (years)

72.5 (46–87)

70 (34–89)

0.14

Body mass index

21.1 ± 0.4

23.5 ± 0.4

 < 0.001

ASA classification, n (%)

1 or 2

68 (94.4)

62 (92.5)

0.74

3

4 (5.6)

5 (7.5)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

30 (41.7)

25 (37.3)

0.61

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (%)

7 (9.7)

5 (7.5)

0.77

Preoperative albumin (g/L)

3.5 ± 0.1

4.2 ± 0.1

 < 0.001

DP or PD

21/51

35/32

0.04

Operation time (min)

529.6 ± 20.2

483.9 ± 17.9

0.11

Estimated blood loss (mL)

889.4 ± 95.1

950.9 ± 89.6

0.65

POCs (CD grade over IIIa, %)

26 (36.1)

7 (10.4)

0.001

Stage I, II/III, IV

64/8

61/6

0.78

Postoperative hospital stays (days)

34.9 ± 2.9

29.6 ± 1.8

0.11

AC Induction (%)

56 (77.8)

54 (80.6)

0.68

AC Completion (%)

29 (51.8)

34 (63.0)

0.23

Time to AC after surgery (days)

54.5 ± 5.7

42.5 ± 3.3

0.07

  1. ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; DP, distal pancreatectomy; PD, pancreatoduodenectomy; POCs, Postoperative complications; AC, adjuvant chemotherapy.
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