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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Effect of preoperative nutritional risk index on 30-day postoperative complications in patients with gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Yingfeng Zou, Ling Li, Kui Jia, Lei Tian, Minying He, Debin Huang

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Yingfeng Zou *Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Ling Li *Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Kui JiaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Lei TianDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Minying HeDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Debin HuangDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.

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Background: Preoperative nutritional status in patients with gastric cancer after surgery has attracted considerable interest. The nutritional risk index (NRI) has been widely used as a convenient and effective nutritional assessment index, but the relationship between preoperative NRI and postoperative complications in patients with gastric cancer has not been adequately studied. Our study aimed to investigate the effects of preoperative NRI on 30-day postoperative complications in patients with gastric cancer. Methods: This retrospective analysis investigated 578 patients with gastric cancer. Preoperative NRI calculations were based on serum albumin levels and body weight, and receiver operating characteristic curves were used in analyzing NRI values and establishing optimal cutoff points. Patients were categorized into two groups according to cutoff value: low NRI group (NRI<96.7) and high NRI group (NRI≥96.7). The hazard ratio (HR) for postoperative complications was calculated through Cox regression analysis and adjusted for potential confounders, and the effects of NRI on postoperative complications in patients with gastric cancer were examined. In addition, we conducted subgroup analyses to examine whether there was an interaction between the effect of NRI on the cumulative incidence of postoperative complications and other confounding factors. Results: Of the 578 patients with gastric cancer who underwent radical surgery, 120 (20.8%) experienced postoperative complications. The optimal NRI threshold of 96.7 was identified using ROC curve analysis. Cox regression analysis demonstrated that preoperative NRI was independently associated with 30-day postoperative complications after adjusting for confounding factors (HR=0.93; 95%CI: 0.90-0.96; Conclusions: NRI is an independent predictor of 30-day postoperative complications in gastric cancer patients and is a convenient and useful nutritional screening tool for identifying patients with gastric cancer at high risk of postoperative complications.

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cancergastric cancernutritional risk indexpostoperative complicationsurgery

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