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Table 1 Demographics and treatments of elderly AGC patients who underwent distal gastrectomy

From: Laparoscopic versus open distal gastrectomy for elderly patients with advanced gastric cancer: a retrospective comparative study

 

Advanced gastric cancer

All

(n = 76)

Open

(n = 37)

Lap

(n = 39)

p

Demographics and preoperative features

 Sex (male)

45

(59)

18

(49)

27

(69)

0.10

 Age (years)

77

(73–83)

76

(73–81)

77

(73–83.5)

0.40

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.2

(21.9–26.8)

25

(22.3–27.4)

23.9

(21.9–26.1)

0.40

 Charlson comorbidity index

1

(1–2)

1

(1–2)

1

(1–2)

0.40

 ECOG score (> 1)

21

(28)

10

(27)

11

(28)

0.99

 ASA classification (> 2)

17

(22)

8

(22)

9

(23)

0.99

 GNRI (≤ 98)

17

(23)

7

(19)

10

(26)

0.60

 PNI (≤ 48)

36

(48)

21

(57)

15

(39)

0.20

 Clinical N+ stage

46

(61)

26

(70)

20

(51)

0.11

Surgical procedure and adjuvant therapy

 Anastomotic type

      

0.011*

  Billroth I

42

(55)

15

(41)

27

(69)

 

  Billroth II

30

(39)

18

(49)

12

(31)

 

  Roux-en-Y

4

(5.3)

4

(11)

0

(0)

 

 Combined resection

8

(11)

3

(8.1)

5

(13)

0.7

 Adjuvant chemotherapy

31

(41)

13

(35)

18

(46)

0.40

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%)
  2. AGC advanced gastric cancer, Lap laparoscopic surgery, BMI body mass index, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, ASA The American Society of Anesthesiologists, GNRI geriatric nutritional risk index, PNI prognostic nutrition index
  3. *p < 0.05, Lap versus Open