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Table 3 Mean LOS across preoperative SGA and PN groups

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

Independent variable

Mean LOS (days)

P-value

Preoperative SGA

  

 • Well nourished (n = 33)

15.0

ANOVA

 • Moderately malnourished (n = 22)

15.2

p = 0.02

 • Severely malnourished (n = 5)

27.8

 

PN

  

 • No (n = 29)

12.7

2 sample t-test

 • Yes (n = 31)

19.4

p = 0.007

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Nutrition Journal

ISSN: 1475-2891

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