Quantitative Assessment of Visceral Obesity and Postoperative Colon Cancer Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quantitative computed tomography (CT) assessment of visceral adiposity may be superior to body mass index (BMI) as a predictor of surgical morbidity. We sought to examine the association of CT measures of obesity and BMI with short-term postoperative outcomes in colon cancer patients.

Methods

In this retrospective study, 110 patients treated with colectomy for stage I-III colon cancer were classified as obese or non-obese by preoperative CT-based measures of adiposity or BMI [obese: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m², visceral fat area (VFA) to subcutaneous fat area ratio (V/S) ≥0.4, and VFA > 100 cm²]. Postoperative morbidity and mortality rates were compared.

Results

Obese patients, by V/S and VFA but not BMI, were more likely to be male and have preexi

SUBMITTER: Ozoya OO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5560865 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature