Table 1.
Nutrition risk screening
|
Non-risk |
P |
At-risk |
P | |||
| NS | NNS | NS | NNS | |||
| Patient number | 143 | 5 | 49 | 2 | ||
| Diagnosis (colon / rectal cancer) | 50/93 | 1/4 | 24/25 | 2/0 | ||
| Gender (male/female) | 63/80 | 2/3 | 0.893 | 30/19 | 2/0 | 0.088 |
| Tumor stage1 | 0.066 | 0.358 | ||||
| Complications2 | 1.23 ± 0.60 | 2.40 ± 1.51 | 0.000 | 1.20 ± 0.45 | 1.50 ± 0.70 | 0.348 |
| None (= 1) | ||||||
| Infection (= 2) | ||||||
| Fistula (= 3) | ||||||
| Others (= 4) | ||||||
| Postoperative hospital stay (d) | 15.27 ± 5.89 | 23.00 ± 15.84 | 0.009 | 14.55 ± 4.11 | 14.50 ± 2.12 | 0.986 |
| Cost of hospitalization (RMB Yuan) | 43 469.88 ± 9961.67 | 35 825.00 ± 16 271.94 | 0.301 | 41 802.97 ± 13 300. 99 | 33 845.80 ± 8374.80 | 0.187 |
| Postoperative outcome2 | 1.02 ± 0.16 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 0.707 | 1.10 ± 0.30 | 1.50 ± 0.70 | 0.090 |
1
The tumor stage of the patients was judged according to the 7th edition of American Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual[8];
2
Complications are defined as none = 1, infection = 2, fistula = 3, others = 4, and postoperative outcome as recovery = 1, no recovery = 2, death = 3, for easier statistical presentation of the results. NS: Nutrition support; NNS: Non-nutrition.