. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 25.

Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2015 Apr 30;19(9):1593–1602. doi: 10.1007/s11605-015-2835-y

Table 2.

Comparison of hospital stay and mortality of sarcopenia vs. non-sarcopenia patients

	According to TPA measurement			According to TPV measurement
	Sarcopenia (n=192)	No sarcopenia (n=571)	P value	Sarcopenia (n=152)	No sarcopenia (n=611)	P value
Length of hospital stay, day, median (IQR)	9 (7–15)	8 (7–13)	0.05	10 (7–15.5)	8 (7–13)	0.002
Any complication, n (%)	95 (49.5)	274 (48.0)	0.72	91 (59.9)	278 (45.5)	0.002
Major complication, n (%)	38 (19.8)	88 (15.4)	0.16	34 (22.4)	92 (15.1)	0.03
Postoperative mortality
30 days	1 (0.5)	3 (0.5)	1.0	1 (0.7)	3 (0.5)	1.0
90 days	7 (3.7)	10 (1.8)	0.12	6 (4.0)	11 (1.8)	0.11
1 year	56 (29.2)	85 (14.9)	<0.001	45 (29.6)	96 (15.7)	<0.001
3 year	121 (63.0)	187 (32.8)	<0.001	82 (54.0)	226 (37.0)	<0.001
Survival (month), median	28.4	18.0	<0.001	26.7	17.0	<0.001