Table 1 Patients characteristics

Age (years)

82 [80–95]

Sex (male/female)

45/28

ECOG-PS (0/1/2/3)

16/39/17/1

Glasgow prognostic score (0/1/2)

51/16/6

Prognostic nutritional index

44.2 [31.0–59.0]

NRC-mortality (%)

1.7 [0.5–10.6]

pT (1a/1b/2/3/4a/4b)

13/29/9/8/12/2

pN (0/1/2/3a)

40/17/12/4

pStage (IA/IB/IIA/IIB/IIIA/IIIB)

32/15/5/3/12/6

Surgical procedure (total gastrectomy/distal gastrectomy)

28/45

Surgical approach (open/laparoscopic)

62/11

Lymphadenectomy (<D2/D2)

49/24

Operative time (min)

241 [88–800]

Blood loss (ml)

351 [28–3257]

Post-operative complications^a (yes/no)

22/51

Adjuvant chemotherapy^b (yes/no)

8/15