Comparison of different preoperative objective nutritional indices for evaluating 30-d mortality and complications after liver transplantation

Table 8 Comparison of postoperative complications between the low nutritional risk index group and the high nutritional risk index group, n (%)

	Total (n = 162)	Low NRI (n = 30)	High NRI (n = 132)	P value
Pneumonia	37 (22.8)	8 (26.7)	29 (22.0)	0.631
Intra-abdominal infection	20 (12.3)	4 (13.3)	16 (12.1)	0.767
Intra-abdominal bleeding	14 (8.6)	6 (20.0)	8 (6.1)	0.025
Graft rejection	6 (3.7)	2 (6.7)	4 (3.0)	0.308
Primary graft nonfunction	5 (3.1)	3 (10.0)	2 (1.5)	0.044
Early graft dysfunction	4 (2.5)	0 (0.0)	4 (3.0)	1.000
Mortality	14 (8.6)	6 (20.0)	8 (6.1)	0.025
Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ 3	43 (26.5)	12 (40)	31 (23.5)	0.071
Biliary leakage	3 (1.9)	1 (3.3)	2 (1.5)	0.461
Biliary stricture	4 (2.5)	2 (6.7)	2 (1.5)	0.156

NRI: Nutritional risk index.