Relationship between fatty liver change and nutritional status after total gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients: a retrospective study

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Non-FL group (n = 53)	FL group (n = 6)	P value
Gender (male)	41 (77.3%)	4 (66.7%)	0.56
Age	68.4 (± 1.3)	63.0 (± 3.8)	0.18
BMI	23.0 (± 0.5)	23.9 (± 1.5)	0.58
Total protein (g/dl)	6.7 (± 0.1)	6.5 (± 0.3)	0.47
Albumin (g/dl)	3.9 (± 0.1)	3.7 (± 0.2)	0.28
AST (IU/l)	20.4 (± 0.6)	20.2 (± 1.9)	0.91
ALT (IU/l)	18.0 (± 1.0)	19.3 (± 3.0)	0.68
NLR	2.4 (± 0.2)	4.2 (± 0.6)	0.005
L/S ratio	1.33 (± 0.03)	1.23 (± 0.08)	0.12
PMI^a	17.2 (± 0.7)	18.7 (± 2.2)	0.53
Postoperative chemotherapy (+)	33 (62.3%)	5 (83.3%)	0.31

Values are in n (%) or mean (± standard deviation)
BMI Body mass index, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, NLR neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios, L/S ratio liver-to-spleen attenuation ratio, PMI psoas muscle index
^aPMI was calculated by CT image as total psoas muscle area at the level of third lumber vertebrate normalized to the squared patient height (cm²/m²)

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