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. 2023 Feb 27;10(1):6–13. doi: 10.1159/000529707

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of patients with gastric cancer organized by preoperative serum zinc levels (n = 83)

Variable Serum zinc level p value
low level n = 55 normal level n = 28
Age, median (range), years 75 (47–89) 71 (43–87) 0.142
Sex
 Male 35 18 0.954
 Female 20 10
Body mass index 22.1 (10.9–33.3) 22.3 (14.9–28.4) 0.957
Peak expiratory flow rate, L/sec 5.2 (1.4–9.5) 5.6 (3.7–9.0) 0.367
Time interval between zinc examination and surgery, median (range), days 24 (3–62) 20 (8–64) 0.471
Disease stage
 I 27 16 0.932
 II 17 6
 III 8 5
 IV 3 1
Length of hospital stay, days 16 (11–158) 15 (8–158) 0.552
Zinc level, μg/dL 68 (20–79) 89 (82–152) <0.001
Neutrophil count, mm3 3,790 (1,450–8,030) 3,870 (1,780–9,380) 0.864
Lymphocyte count, mm3 1,500 (280–3,150) 1,810 (820–2,700) 0.041
Albumin, g/dL 3.9 (1.4–4.6) 4.4 (2.7–5.2) <0.001
C-reactive protein, mg/dL 0.14 (0.02–28.9) 0.08 (0.01–3.14) 0.152
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio 2.67 (0.73–28.68) 1.97 (0.91–7.50) 0.198