TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of dental occlusal support with the Prognostic Nutritional Index in patients with esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy
AU - Yamanaka-Kohno, Reiko
AU - Shirakawa, Yasuhiro
AU - Inoue-Minakuchi, Mami
AU - Yokoi, Aya
AU - Muro, Misato
AU - Kosaki, Hirotaka
AU - Tanabe, Shunsuke
AU - Fujiwara, Toshiyoshi
AU - Morita, Manabu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are deeply grateful to the team members in Okayama University Hospital. The authors give a special thanks to Daisuke Ekuni DDS, Ph.D. (Department of Preventive Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences) for his advice about statistical analysis. This work was supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (Nos. 16K11858 and 19K10444) from JSPS.
Funding Information:
The authors are deeply grateful to the team members in Okayama University Hospital. The authors give a special thanks to Daisuke Ekuni DDS, Ph.D. (Department of Preventive Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences) for his advice about statistical analysis. This work was supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (Nos. 16K11858 and 19K10444) from JSPS.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Japan Esophageal Society.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Background: The Prognostic Nutritional Index is useful for predicting surgical risk and overall survival based on preoperative immunological and nutritional status in patients undergoing digestive organ cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the Prognostic Nutritional Index and dental status in patients with esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy. Methods: This retrospective case–control study included 73 patients who underwent resection of esophageal cancer (69 males, 4 females; age 36–83). General and dental status were evaluated. The Prognostic Nutritional Index was calculated based on the serum albumin concentration and the total lymphocyte count, and subjects were divided into two groups based on index scores: a higher group, characterized by scores ≥ 45 (n = 54); and a lower group, characterized by scores < 45 (n = 19). Univariate analysis and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to compare between groups. Results: Total protein, C-reactive protein, the number of sound and total decayed, missing and filled teeth, and the rate of patients with poor dental occlusal support showed significant differences between the lower and higher Prognostic Nutritional Index groups (p < 0.05). Stepwise logistic regression analysis by backward selection approach showed that low total protein, few sound teeth, and poor status of dental occlusal support were significantly associated with the lower Prognostic Nutritional Index (p = 0.007, 0.042, and 0.009, respectively). Conclusion: Dental status, especially dental occlusal support and the number of sound teeth, showed a positive relationship with the Prognostic Nutritional Index in esophageal cancer patients who underwent esophagectomy.
AB - Background: The Prognostic Nutritional Index is useful for predicting surgical risk and overall survival based on preoperative immunological and nutritional status in patients undergoing digestive organ cancer surgery. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the Prognostic Nutritional Index and dental status in patients with esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy. Methods: This retrospective case–control study included 73 patients who underwent resection of esophageal cancer (69 males, 4 females; age 36–83). General and dental status were evaluated. The Prognostic Nutritional Index was calculated based on the serum albumin concentration and the total lymphocyte count, and subjects were divided into two groups based on index scores: a higher group, characterized by scores ≥ 45 (n = 54); and a lower group, characterized by scores < 45 (n = 19). Univariate analysis and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to compare between groups. Results: Total protein, C-reactive protein, the number of sound and total decayed, missing and filled teeth, and the rate of patients with poor dental occlusal support showed significant differences between the lower and higher Prognostic Nutritional Index groups (p < 0.05). Stepwise logistic regression analysis by backward selection approach showed that low total protein, few sound teeth, and poor status of dental occlusal support were significantly associated with the lower Prognostic Nutritional Index (p = 0.007, 0.042, and 0.009, respectively). Conclusion: Dental status, especially dental occlusal support and the number of sound teeth, showed a positive relationship with the Prognostic Nutritional Index in esophageal cancer patients who underwent esophagectomy.
KW - Esophageal cancer surgery
KW - Nutrition
KW - Prognostic factor
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U2 - 10.1007/s10388-020-00751-8
DO - 10.1007/s10388-020-00751-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 32507916
AN - SCOPUS:85086122952
VL - 18
SP - 49
EP - 55
JO - Esophagus
JF - Esophagus
SN - 1612-9059
IS - 1
ER -