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. 2023 Feb 13;10:1065294. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1065294

Table 3.

Body composition changes and major postoperative complications.

Major Complications (n = 15) No major Complications (n = 101) p-value
SMA, cm2 (median, IQR)
Pre-NT 126 (54) 134 (58)134 (58) 0.8
Post-NT 125 (43) 136 (50) 0.7
Δ 15 (24) 1 (12) 0.066
SMI, cm2/m2 (median, IQR)
Pre- NT 44 (10) 53 (35) 0.035
Post- NT 49 (16) 50 (12) 0.7
Δ 0 (17) 6 (5) 0.002
SAT, cm2 (median, IQR)
Pre- NT 140 (112) 168 (107) 0.7
Post- NT 183 (89) 164 (99) 0.5
Δ 12 (48) −11 (51) 0.043
VAT, cm2 (median, IQR)
Pre- NT 81 (119) 121 (122) 0.5
Post- NT 96 (90) 107 (109) 0.9
Δ −1 (43) −10 (39) 0.2
Low muscle mass (32)
Pre-neoadjuvant therapy 40% 28% 0.432
Post-neoadjuvant therapy 33% 34% 0.961

NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; LMR, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio; PNI, prognostic nutritional index. SMA, skeletal muscle area; SMI, skeletal muscle index; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue. Bold values indicate statistical significance.