Normal reference intervals of prognostic nutritional index in healthy adults: A large multi-center observational study from Western China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been widely reported that the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) played a pivotal role in nutritional assessment of surgical patients and tumor prognosis. In order to improve the accuracy of evaluation in Western China, we established reference intervals (RIs) of PNI in healthy controls.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study on healthy ethnic Han adults (18-79 years) was conducted to explore the influences of age, gender, study centers, and instruments on PNI and to establish RIs. The data came from a healthy routine examination center database and laboratory information system (LIS) of four centers in Western China, and there were 200 persons selected randomly for verification of RIs.

Results

Five thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine healthy candid

SUBMITTER: Yang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8274996 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature