Comparison of different nutritional assessments in detecting malnutrition among gastric cancer patients

Table 5 Patient anthropometric and laboratory data after curative surgery for gastric cancer

	Preoperative	Postoperative	Postoperative	P value
	day 1	6 mo	12 mo
Weight (kg)	61.4 ± 8.8	55.4 ± 8.2	55.2 ± 8.6	0.000
TSF (mm)	17.0 ± 7.5	12.7 ± 6.5	12.1 ± 6.2	0.000
MAC (cm)	27.7 ± 2.5	25.1 ± 4.9	25.5 ± 2.4	0.000
BMI (kg/m2)	23.9 ± 2.7	21.4 ± 2.4	21.5 ± 2.4	0.000
Albumin (g/dL)	3.88 ± 0.3	4.28 ± 0.2	4.30 ± 0.2	0.000
Total protein (g/dL)	6.87 ± 0.6	7.18 ± 0.5	7.25 ± 0.5	0.000
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	170.9 ± 37.4	168.2 ± 38.1	173.3 ± 31.4	0.679
TLC (× 103/mm3)	1863 ± 493	1799 ± 633	1752 ± 578	0.328
Serum iron (μg/dL)	72.9 ± 37.6	110.4 ± 52.8	118.2 ± 57.8	0.000
Serum ferritin (µg/L)	77.7 ± 75.3	74.9 ± 81.3	60.2 ± 64.4	0.358
Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)	686.5 ± 249	666.8 ± 281	709.1 ± 330	0.731

P values were determined with the use of ANOVA or the Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test.