Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio is correlated with a delay in feeding resumption following a transhiatal esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis

Table 1 Correlation of patients’ co-morbidities with the LOICUS in days

		Number of patients	Mean duration of ICU stay in days	Std. deviation	Std. error mean	p value
Diabetes	Absence	23	3.30	2.619	.546	0.022
	Presence	9	7.22	6.723	2.241
Hypertension	Absence	17	2.59	2.293	.556	0.011
	Presence	15	6.47	5.397	1.393
Cardiovascular disease	Absence	15	2.60	2.384	.616	0.028
	Presence	17	6.00	5.244	1.272

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