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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Early intravenous branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrition supplementation in older patients undergoing gastric surgery: a randomized clinical trial

Characteristic

Total Missing data, No. (%)

Participants (N = 137)

HBCAA group (N = 70)

Control group (N = 67)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

0

46 (65.7%)

50 (74.6%)

 Female

24 (34.3%)

17 (25.4%)

Age, y

0

70.3 (3.9)

70.6 (4.5)

Height, cm

0

166 (8.7)

165 (6.8)

Weight, kg

0

62.7 (10.3)

63.2 (10.2)

BMI, kg/m2

0

22.6 (2.9)

23.2 (2.7)

NRS-2002 score, n%

 2

0

11 (15.7%)

15 (22.4%)

 3

0

24 (34.3%)

27 (40.3%)

 4

0

21 (30%)

12 (17.9%)

  ≥ 5

0

14 (20%)

13 (19.4%)

TNM stage, n%

0

  

 I

0

18 (25.7%)

24 (35.8%)

 II

21 (30.0%)

21 (31.3%)

 III

31 (44.3%)

22 (32.8%)

Surgery, n (%)

 Total gastrectomy

0

38 (54.3%)

35 (52.2%)

 Proximal gastrectomy

4 (5.7%)

3 (4.5%)

 Distal gastrectomy

28 (40.0%)

29 (43.3%)

Baseline values at randomization

 Glucose, mmol/L

4 (2.9)

5.64 (1.14)

5.30 (0.971)

 Total bilirubin, μmol/L

0

11.5 (5.51)

11.0 (4.88)

 Albumin, g/L

0

41.5 (3.72)

41.4 (3.48)

 FFA, mmol/L

0

0.734 (0.311)

0.715 (0.358)

 ALT, U/L

0

16.0 (8.84)

16.9 (14.8)

 AST, U/L

0

48.5 (35.4)

43.6 (18.9)

 BUN, mmol/L

0

5.96 (1.53)

5.67 (1.19)

 Serum creatinine, mol/L

0

80.5 (15.9)

82.4 (15.8)

 CD4 + /CD8 + ratio

20 (14.6)

2.04 (1.08)

1.91 (1.01)

 IL-6, pg/mL

0

3.81 (2.87)

3.90 (3.22)

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated
  2. Abbreviations: HBCAA High-proportion branched-chain amino acids, BMI Body mass index (weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), NRS-2002 Nutritional Risk Screening 2002, FFA Free fatty acid, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, IL-6 Interleukin 6, SD standard deviation