Benefits of jejunostomy feeding in patients who underwent gastrectomy for cancer treatment

Table 6 Postoperative nutritional characteristics

Variables	J +	J -	P value
Weight (kg, mean ± SD)	58.86 ± 11.8	56 ± 9.8	0.34
Weight loss (kg, mean ± SD)	5.74 ± 8.4	9.86 ± 7.5	0.07
Proportion weight loss (%, mean ± SD)	10.25 ± 8	14.19 ± 9.5	0.12
Albuminemia (g/L, mean ± SD)	31.4 ± 5.5	32.3 ± 10.9	0.8
Loss of albuminemia (g/L, mean ± SD)	7.2 ± 5.6	14.7 ± 12.7	0.15
Proportion albuminemia loss (%, mean ± SD)	20 ± 15.6	40 ± 33.1	0.16

A group with jejunostomy (J + group) and a group without jejunostomy (J - group) were compared.