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Table 3 Nutritional status and BMI between LAPPG and LADG in one year follow-up

From: Objective evaluation of clinical outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy for middle-third early gastric cancer

(Preoperative—postoperative)/preoperative

LAPPG(n = 70)

LADG(n = 97)

P value

Serum total protein level(%)

11.30 ± 18.0

5.9 ± 13.0

0.046

Serum albumin level (%)

17.20 ± 25.6

10.06 ± 15.4

0.048

Hemoglobin(%)

−1.09 ± 4.0

−2.73 ± 3.8

0.014

BMI(%)

−2.53 ± 3.1

−3.64 ± 3.4

0.048

  1. Values are shown as mean ± SD, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index