Table 3.
Comparison of the postoperative inflammatory markers between the EP and CP groups after controlling for the preoperative inflammatory markers
| Inflammatory marker |
EP | CP | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative | Postoperative | |||
| WBC count (× 109/L) | ||||
| < 10,000 | < 10,000 | 43 (57.3) | 55 (27.1) | < 0.001 |
| ≥ 10,000 | 32 (42.7) | 148 (72.9) | ||
| ≥ 10,000 | < 10,000 | 0 (0) | 2 (18.2) | 0.497 |
| ≥ 10,000 | 7 (100) | 9 (81.8) | ||
| C-reactive protein level (mg/L) | ||||
| ≤ 0.5 | ≤ 0.5 | 50 (80.6) | 13 (24.1) | < 0.001 |
| > 0.5 | 12 (19.4) | 41 (75.9) | ||
| > 0.5 | ≤ 0.5 | 7 (35.0) | 2 (1.4) | < 0.001 |
| > 0.5 | 13 (65.0) | 144 (98.6) | ||
| Albumin level (g/dL) | ||||
| ≥ 3.5 | ≥ 3.5 | 9 (100) | 133 (100) | - |
| < 3.5 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| < 3.5 | ≥ 3.5 | 33 (45.2) | 7 (8.6) | < 0.001 |
| < 3.5 | 40 (54.8) | 74 (91.4) | ||
| Glasgow prognostic score | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 28 (50.0) | 15 (62.5) | 0.489 |
| 1 | 25 (44.6) | 7 (29.2) | ||
| 2 | 3 (5.4) | 2 (8.3) | ||
| 1 | 0 | 6 (27.3) | 6 (7.0) | 0.032 |
| 1 | 10 (45.4) | 55 (63.9) | ||
| 2 | 6 (27.3) | 25 (29.1) | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.013 |
| 1 | 2 (50.0) | 3 (3.3) | ||
| 2 | 2 (50.0) | 87 (96.7) | ||
Values are presented as number (%).
EP, enhanced recovery after surgery protocol; CP, conventional protocol; WBC, white blood cells.