Preoperative Nutritional Status and Its Consequences on Abdominal Surgery in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Observational Study

Table 2

Distribution types of wound healing complication according to different parameters in Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia, October 2016.

	NRI		BMI (kg/m^2)		Weight loss during hospital stay
	<97.5	≥97.5	<18.5	≥18.5	Loss	Gain/no change
Seroma	6	0	5	1	6	0
Hematoma	8	0	7	1	7	1
Wound infection	5	0	4	1	5	0
Wound dehiscence	2	1	3	0	3	0
Total	21	1	19	3	21	1

NRI: nutritional risk index. BMI: body mass index.