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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of the severity of perineural tumour invasion (NI severity score) and body composition parameters

From: Associations of body composition parameters with postoperative outcome and perineural tumour invasion after oncological pancreatic resection

  

NI Severity Score

  
  

n = 103

Median (LQ; UQ)

p value

Sarcopenia

Yes

54

8 (4.23;14.78)

0.724#

No

49

9.3 (4;15.85)

Visceral obesity

Yes

41

9 (4.15;14.65)

1.000#

No

62

8.5 (4;15.4)

Sarcopenic obesity

Yes

22

6 (2.53;10.55)

0.070#

No

81

9.7 (4.85;15.7)

GLIM malnutrition

Yes

24

9.3 (4.25;19.53)

0.292#

No

79

8.7 (4;14)

  1. Symbols: # Man-Whitney-U test
  2. Abbreviations NI = neural invasion; GLIM = Global leadership initiative on malnutrition
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