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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of PN+ and PN- groups

From: The relationship between baseline nutritional status with subsequent parenteral nutrition and clinical outcomes in cancer patients undergoing hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Characteristic

PN- (n = 29)

PN+ (n = 31)

P-value

Gender

   

Males

5 (17.2%)

14 (45.2%)

0.02

Females

24 (82.8%)

17 (54.8%)

 

Mean age at presentation (years)

50.3

50.3

0.99

Cancer site

   

Colorectal

11 (37.9%)

13 (41.9%)

0.91

Gynecologic

8 (27.5%)

11 (35.4%)

 

Appendix

5 (17.2%)

3 (9.7%)

 

Peritoneal

3 (10.3%)

2 (6.5%)

 

Others

2 (6.9%)

2 (6.5%)

 

Treatment history

   

Analytic

8 (27.6%)

5 (16.1%)

0.28

Non-analytic

21 (72.4%)

26 (83.9%)

 

Preoperative SGA

   

A

20 (69%)

13 (41.9%)

0.10

B

7 (24.1%)

15 (48.4%)

 

C

2 (6.9%)

3 (9.7%)

 

Mean PCI score

17.2

20.4

0.17

Length of CRS and HIPEC (minutes)

662

673

0.82

  1. Values in parenthesis are column percentages.