Table 2 Demographic data of groups according to nutritional status and statistical differences between groups
Variables | Nutritional supplement | Normal diet | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of patients (n = 46) | Frequency (%) | No. of patients (n = 35) | Frequency (%) | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 42 | 91.3 | 26 | 74.3 | 0.039 |
Female | 4 | 8.7 | 9 | 25.7 | |
Age | |||||
Mean age of patients (mean ± SD, range) (years) 62 ± 8.2 (48–81) | 61.57 ± 10.5 (38–77) | 0.689 | |||
Comorbidities | |||||
32 | 69.6 | 22 | 62.9 | 0.526 | |
Histopathological diagnosis | |||||
Adenocarcinoma | 18 | 39.1 | 23 | 65.7 | 0.018 |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 28 | 60.9 | 12 | 34.3 | |
Histopathological stage | |||||
Stage IIA | 2 | 4.3 | 4 | 11.4 | 0.110 |
Stage IIB | 23 | 50 | 8 | 51.4 | |
Stage IIIA | 15 | 32.6 | 13 | 37.1 | |
Stage IIIB | 6 | 13 | - | - | |
Surgical procedures | |||||
Lobar resection | 29 | 63 | 32 | 91.4 | |
Pneumonectomy | 17 | 37 | 3 | 8.6 | 0.003 |
Complications | |||||
23 | 50 | 16 | 45.7 | 0.702 | |
Metastasis | |||||
8 | 17.4 | 10 | 28.6 | 0.231 | |
Mortality | |||||
11 | 23.9 | 13 | 37.1 | 0.196 | |
Mean length of hospital stay (LOS) (days) | 8.15 ± 0.73 (3–27 ± 5) | 8.4 ± 0.87 (3–26 ± 5.14) | 0.973 | ||