Effect of early stepwise nutrition management on feeding tolerance of postoperative patients with gastric cancer

Table 3 Comparison of postoperative serological indicators between the two patient groups, mean ± SD

Item	Hemoglobin (g/L)	Albumin (g/L)	Serum total protein (g/L)	Prealbumin (mg/L)	Transferrin (g/L)	C-reactive protein (mg/L)	Procalcitonin (ng/L)
1 day before the operation
Control group	108.25 ± 8.12	35.68 ± 2.65	48.65 ± 6.01	216.45 ± 28.37	2.17 ± 0.75	8.17 ± 1.63	1.04 ± 0.43
Observation group	107.43 ± 5.67	34.71 ± 1.98	49.21 ± 5.54	220.12 ± 30.75	2.20 ± 0.68	8.43 ± 1.46	0.98 ± 0.34
t value	0.243	0.226	-0.188	-0.328	-0.215	-0.432	0.285
P value	0.804	0.823	0.815	0.742	0.784	0.731	0.784
7 days after the operation
Control group	110.32 ± 5.43	38.87 ± 2.98	56.68 ± 5.87	264.58 ± 25.61	2.20 ± 0.63	6.34 ± 1.27	0.76 ± 0.33
Observation group	117.68 ± 6.07	39.45 ± 3.41	58.75 ± 6.35	300.47 ± 38.38	2.76 ± 0.88	5.96 ± 1.45	0.42 ± 0.25
t value	-2.475	-1.052	-0.977	-2.786	-2.584	1.003	2.645
P value	0.025	0.284	0.324	0.010	0.032	0.312	0.035