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

Table 3

Pre- and postoperative nutritional status of respondents according to different parameters in Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia, October 2016.

	N (%)
Preoperative nutritional status
BMI (kg/m^2)
Mean (±SD)	21.3 (±3.77)
<16 kg/m^2	9 (8.6)
16–16.9	5 (4.8)
17–18.4	15 (4.3)
18.5–24.9	60 (57.1)
25–29.9	15 (14.3)
LSA (g/dl)
Mean (±SD)	3.1 (0.83)
≤3.5	71 (67)
>3.5	34 (33)
TLC (mm^3)
Mean (±SD)	1928 (707)
<1500	29 (27.6)
≥1500	76 (79.4)
NRI
≥97.5	22 (20.9)
83.5<97.5	39 (37.1)
<83.5	39 (37.1)
Postoperative nutritional status
BMI (kg/m^2)
Mean (±SD)	20.6 (±4) kg/m^2
<16 kg/m^2	16 (15.2)
16–16.9	7 (6.7)
17–18.4	11 (10.5)
18.5–24.9	58 (55.2)
25–29.9	13 (12.4)

BMI: body mass index. LSA: level of serum albumin. TLC: total lymphocyte count. NRI: nutritional risk index.