Table 4.

Preoperative Nutritional Status of 59 Patients with Arthroplasty

Patients' nutritional status was defined as poor in the following conditions: (1) BMI < 18 kg/m² (optimum BMI: 20-25 kg/m²). (2) Weight < 20% of expected. (3) Serum albumin < 3.5 g/L (3.4 g/L), albumin/globulin ratio (weight ratio) below 1.7 (normal range, 1.5-2.3). (4) Total lymphocyte count < 1,500 cells/mm³. (5) Total lymphocyte/monocyte ratio below 5 vs. 1.

M: male, F: female, H: height, W: weight, BMI: body mass index, Hct: hematocrit, Hgb: hemoglobin, L/M: lymphocyte/monocyte, A/G: albumin/globulin.