Table 5.
Chi-square test of association between postoperative indices of good nutrition and complication
| Indices of good nutrition | Patients with complications |
No. of patients without complications | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | p-value | ||
| Albumin ≥3.5 g/dL | 1 | 0.1968 | 31 |
| Total lymphocyte ≥1,500 cells/mm3 | 2 | 0.3373 | 35 |
| Prealbumin ≥15 mg/dL | 3 | 0.06 | 78 |
| Transferrin ≥204 mg/dL | 1 | 0.3143 | 26 |