Table 5.
Change in Quality of Life Score According to Time after Surgery
| Overall (n=154) | Group A (n=20) | Group B (n=92) | Group C (n=42) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Total* | A vs B | A vs C | B vs C | |||||
| QOL score | ||||||||
| Preoperative | 52.5±27.8 | 71.5±18.5 | 57.9±25.9 | 31.1±23.2 | <0.001† | 0.032† | <0.001† | <0.001† |
| Postoperative 3 mo | 61.3±19.2 | 67.6±16.1 | 60.8±20.6 | 58.8±16.6 | 0.220 | 0.148 | 0.083 | 0.605 |
| Postoperative 6 mo | 61.2±20.3 | 67.6±14.9 | 63.8±20.6 | 51.7±19.8 | 0.014† | 0.392 | 0.004† | 0.009† |
| Postoperative 12 mo | 67.6±17.2 | 71.7±18.4 | 67.5±17.3 | 65.6±16.7 | 0.625 | 0.455 | 0.327 | 0.637 |
Data are presented as the mean±SD. Group A, well-nourished; group B, at-risk-of-malnutrition; group C, malnourished.
*
Kruskal-Wallis tests were conducted for variables with nonnormally distributed data;
†
Significantly different.