Table 3.
Comparison of clinico-pathological features between high and low CONUT groups [Significant differences (p < 0.05)].
| Clinical parameters | Total (n = 922) |
CONUT > 1.0 (n = 370) |
CONUT ≤ 1.0 (n = 552) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Types of operation | ||||
| Pneumonectomy | 29 (3.2) | 17 (4.6) | 12 (2.2) | 0.039 |
| Lobectomy | 745 (80.8) | 291 (78.6) | 454 (82.3) | 0.174 |
| Bilobectomy | 32 (3.5) | 19 (5.1) | 13 (2.4) | 0.024 |
| Segmentectomy | 64 (6.9) | 25 (6.8) | 39 (7.0) | 0.857 |
| Wedge resection | 52 (5.6) | 18 (4.9) | 34 (6.1) | 0.404 |
| VATS | 789 (85.6) | 289 (78.1) | 500 (90.6) | < 0.001 |
| Postoperative findings | ||||
| p-stage | < 0.001 | |||
| I | 665 (72.1) | 230 (62.1) | 435 (78.8) | |
| II/III | 257 (27.8)† | 140 (37.8)** | 117 (62.1)†† | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 715 (77.5) | 248 (67.0) | 467 (84.6) | < 0.001 |
| PPC predictors | ||||
| CONUT score | 1.6 ± 1.8 | 3.4 ± 1.7 | 0.5 ± 0.5 | |
| PNI | 42.6 ± 5.7 | 46.4 ± 5.9 | 40.1 ± 4.0 | < 0.001 |
| GPS | 1.0 ± 0.6 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 0.8 ± 0.4 | < 0.001 |
| ARISCAT | 44.1 ± 3.9 | 45.0 ± 4.8 | 43.5 ± 3.0 | < 0.001 |
CONUT controlling nutritional status, PNI prognostic nutritional index, GPS Glasgow prognostic score, ARISCAT assessment of respiratory risk in surgical patients in Catalonia, VATS video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
†In the II/III group, 144 (15.6%) and 13 (12.3%) patients were categorized as stage II and III, respectively.
**In the II/III group, 85 (23.0%) and 59 (14.9%) patients were categorized as stage II and III, respectively.
††In the II/III group, 59 (10.7%) and 58 (10.5%) patients were categorized as stage II and III, respectively.