Table 4.

Comparison of perioperative nutritional markers between the EOF and TOF groups after propensity score matching.

Nutritional markers	EOF group	TOF group	t-value	P-value
Serum preoperative albumin (g/L)	39.27 ± 2.34	39.20 ± 2.24	0.391	0.696
Serum preoperative prealbumin (g/L)	30.89 ± 2.96	30.86 ± 3.06	0.155	0.877
Serum albumin on POD1 (g/L)	34.33 ± 2.35	34.03 ± 2.84	1.355	0.176
Serum prealbumin on POD1 (g/L)	38.51 ± 2.21	28.54 ± 2.32	0.188	0.851
Serum albumin on POD3 (g/L)	31.80 ± 3.17	31.78 ± 2.24	0.080	0.937
Serum prealbumin on POD3 (g/L)	30.08 ± 3.64	30.57 ± 3.45	1.620	0.106