Clinical significance of preoperative nutritional status in elderly gastric cancer patients undergoing radical gastrectomy: A single-center retrospective study

Table 2 Nutritional characteristics of malnourished and well-nourished elderly gastric cancer patients

Factor	Malnourished	Well-nourished	P value	Total
BMI (kg/m2)	19.4 ±1.8	24.5 ± 2.6	< 0.001	22.9 ± 3.4
PNI	46.7 ± 5.7	48.8 ± 5.3	< 0.001	48.1 ± 5.6
Albumin (g/L)	39.1 ± 4.6	40.7 ± 4.0	< 0.001	40.2 ± 4.3
Prealbumin (mg/L)	193.2 ± 50.6	214.6 ± 47.7	< 0.001	207.8 ± 49.6
Hemoglobin (g/L)	117.0 ± 24.1	122.8 ± 23.1	0.001	121.0 ± 23.6
TLC (× 109/L)	1.57 ± 0.55	1.60 ± 0.54	0.472	1.59 ± 0.54

BMI: Body mass index; PNI: Prognostic nutritional index; TLC: Total lymphocyte count.