title: [The significance of Onodera's prognostic nutritional index for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We evaluated the role of the prognostic nutritional index reported by Onodera (Onodera's PNI) in patients with gastrointestinal cancer regarding the occurrence of postoperative complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were 324 patients (42 with esophageal cancer, 107 with gastric cancer, and 175 with colon cancer). We classified them into the high risk group (< or = 40) and the non-high risk group (> 40) according to Onodera's PNI. We evaluated the rate of the occurrence of postoperative complications between the high risk group and the non-high risk group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of postoperative complications occurring in the high risk group was higher than that of the non-high risk group (p=0.04).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Onodera's PNI is useful for patients with gastrointestinal cancer regarding the occurrence of postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East.
authors.forename: Masano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsube
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Kentarou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Isohata
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiozawa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimakawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naritaka
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015596:Nutrition Assessment