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Table 1 Clinical features of the patients included in this study (n = 516)

From: The type of gastrectomy and modified frailty index as useful predictive indicators for 1-year readmission due to nutritional difficulty in patients who undergo gastrectomy for gastric cancer

 

Number of patients

(%)

Gender

 Female

139

26.9

 Male

377

73.1

Age

 < 74

321

62.2

 ≥ 74

195

37.8

BMI (kg/m2)

 < 25

420

81.4

 ≥ 25

96

18.6

Gastrectomy

 DG

323

62.6

 TG/PG

193

37.4

Surgical approach

 Laparoscopy

362

70.2

 Open

154

29.8

Stage of disease

 I–III

481

93.2

 IV

35

6.8

Modified frailty index

 High (≥ 0.14)

373

72.3

 Low (< 0.14)

143

27.7

Solitude

 Absent

462

89.5

 Present

54

10.5

PNI

 > 46.61

346

67.1

 ≤ 46.61

170

32.9

Complicationa

 Absent

449

87

 Present

67

13

Neoajuvant chemotherapy

 Absent

474

91.9

 Present

42

8.1

Nonhome discharge

 Absent

493

95.5

 Present

23

4.5

Ajuvant chemotherapy

 Absent

394

76.4

 Present

122

23.6

  1. DG distal partial gastrectomy, TG total gastrectomy, PG proximal partial gastrectomy
  2. aPresent: grade III and more according to Clavien–Dindo classification
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