Table 3.

Relationship between postoperative complications and CONUT in different stages

	All (n = 1479)	Postoperative complications		P
		Yes (n = 431)	No (n = 1048)
pTNM stage I				0.007
CONUT < 2	267	59	208
CONUT ≥ 2	238	78	160
pTNM stage II				0.011
CONUT < 2	138	32	106
CONUT ≥ 2	228	82	146
pTNM stage III				0.006
CONUT < 2	219	51	168
CONUT ≥ 2	373	127	246
pTNM stage IV				1.000
CONUT < 2	3	0	3
CONUT ≥ 2	13	2	11
EGC				0.005
CONUT < 2	234	51	183
CONUT ≥ 2	188	64	124
AGC				< 0.001
CONUT < 2	393	91	302
CONUT ≥ 2	664	225	439

CONUT = Controlling Nutritional Status, EGC = early gastric cancer; AGC = advanced gastric cancer