Effects of long-term immunonutrition on postdischarge colorectal cancer surgery patients

Figure 1 CONSORT flowchart. IMN: Immunonutrition.

Figure 2 Comparison of nutritional parameters between the two groups after the intervention. A: The body mass index in both groups were not comparable (P > 0.05); B: Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment scores were significantly lower in the immunonutrition group than in the control group (^aP = 0.031); C: The serum transferrin concentration in both groups were not comparable (P > 0.05); D: Compared to the immunonutrition group, the serum albumin concentration was significantly greater than that in the control group (^aP = 0.004); E: The serum prealbumin concentration in both groups were not comparable (P > 0.05); F: The blood glucose concentration in both groups were not comparable (P > 0.05). BMI: Body mass index; PG-SGA: Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment; TFN: Transferrin; ALB: Albumin; PA: Prealbumin; GLU: Glucose; IMN: Immunonutrition.

Figure 3 Comparison of immunologic parameters between the two groups after the intervention. A: The absolute lymphocyte count in the immunonutrition (IMN) group was significantly greater than that in the control group (^aP = 0.001); B: The C-reactive protein in both groups were not comparable (P > 0.05); C: Compared with that in the control group, the immunoglobulin (Ig) G in the IMN group was significantly greater (^aP = 0.003); D: Compared with that in the control group, the IgM in the IMN group was significantly greater (^aP = 0.007); E: The IgA levels in both groups were not comparable (P > 0.05). ALC: Absolute lymphocyte count; CRP: C-reactive protein; IMN: Immunonutrition; Ig: Immunoglobulin.

Figure 4 The incidence of postoperative infectious complications decreased significantly in the immunonutrition group compared with the control group. ^aP = 0.045. IMN: Immunonutrition.