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Table 3 Categories of preoperative weight loss: characteristics, complications and 5-year mortality

From: Risk factors, complications and survival after upper abdominal surgery: a prospective cohort study

 

No weight loss

1-5 % weight loss

6-10 % weight loss

>10 % weight loss

P-value

(n = 175)

(n = 63)

(n = 72)

(n = 59)

Serum-albumin (g/l), mean (SD)

40.3 (5.6)

38.4 (5.6)

38.1 (4.4)

36.9 (5.4)

<0.001

L3 SMI, mean (SD)a

45.6 (7.3)

43.1 (5.5)

46.6 (5.6)

43.0 (6.1)

0.071

Complicationsb

51 (29.1 %)

21 (33.3 %)

25 (34.7 %)

18 (30.5 %)

0.823

5-year mortality, n (%)

78 (44.6 %)

37 (58.7 %)

45 (62.5 %)

40 (67.8 %)

0.004

  1. a) Calculated for patients with available preoperative CT images only (n = 157)
  2. b) Major postoperative complications within eight weeks after surgery