Effect of preoperative immunonutrition and other nutrition models on cellular immune parameters

Table 2 Patient characteristics and distribution (mean ± SD)

	IM	NN	SE	P
Number of patients	16	13	13
F/M ratio	(8/8)	(9/4)	(8/5)
Age	64.56 ± 16.16	64.38 ± 11.67	61.31 ± 12.13	> 0.05
BMI	24.11 ± 3.67	23.02 ± 5.66	22.24 ± 4.87	> 0.05
Malnutrition index	7.96 ± 1.36	7.25 ± 0.79	8.40 ± 1.68	> 0.05
Muscle circumference	22.34 ± 3.01	21.11 ± 4	20.41 ± 2.31	> 0.05
Strength of hand grasping	0.46 ± 0.20	0.40 ± 0.15	0.41 ± 0.18	> 0.05
Albumin	3.6 ± 0.59	3.46 ± 0.57	3.26 ± 0.51	> 0.05
Prealbumin	13.64 ± 8.83	15.71 ± 6.97	17.72 ± 8.39	> 0.05
Number of lymphocytes	1454 ± 462	1281 ± 779.2	1277 ± 546.4	> 0.05
Subjective global assessment (SGA)1
Moderate malnutrition	9	7	6
Severe malnutrition	7	6	7

¹No statistical evaluation was made for subjective global assessment; IM: Immunonutrition; NN: Normal nutrition; SE: Standard enteral nutrition.