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Table 1 Characteristics of included patients in the early ambulation group and incomplete group

From: Grip strength is an important predictor for nutritional risk and early postoperative ambulation in gastrointestinal tumors undergoing laparoscopic surgery: a prospective multicenter clinical study

Variables

Total (n = 427)

Early ambulation group (n = 274)

Incomplete group (n = 153)

p-value

Gender

   

0.073

 Male

283 (66.3)

190 (69.3)

93 (60.8)

 

 Female

144 (33.7)

84 (30.7)

60 (39.2)

 

 Age (years)

60 (52, 68)

59 (51, 68)

61 (55, 68)

0.047

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.0 (22.1, 26.4)

24.0 (22.1, 26.5)

23.8 (21.8, 26.2)

0.416

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

   

0.938

 Yes

44 (10.3)

28 (10.2)

16 (10.5)

 

 No

383 (89.7)

246 (89.8)

137 (89.5)

 

Hypertension

   

0.635

 Yes

126 (29.5)

83 (30.3)

43 (28.1)

 

 No

301 (70.5)

191 (69.7)

110 (71.9)

 

Diabetes

   

0.864

 Yes

57 (13.3)

36 (13.1)

21 (13.7)

 

 No

370 (86.7)

238 (86.9)

132 (86.3)

 

Cerebrovascular disease

   

0.477

 Yes

26 (6.1)

15 (5.5)

11 (7.2)

 

 No

401 (93.9)

259 (94.5)

142 (92.8)

 

Educational level

   

0.029

 Primary

71 (16.6)

45 (16.4)

26 (17.0)

 

 Middle

102 (23.9)

54 (19.7)

48 (31.4)

 

 High

104 (24.4)

68 (24.8)

36 (23.5)

 

 University

150 (35.1)

107 (39.1)

43 (28.1)

 

Preoperative NRS 2002 score

   

0.005

  ≥ 3

155 (36.3)

86 (31.4)

69 (45.1)

 

  < 3

272 (63.7)

188 (68.6)

84 (54.9)

 

Operative time (h)

3.2 (2.3, 4.0)

3.1 (2.3, 3.8)

3.3 (2.6, 4.3)

0.001

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

50 (30, 100)

50 (30, 100)

50 (30, 100)

0.593

Application of analgesic pump

   

0.006

 Yes

328 (76.8)

222 (81.0)

106 (69.3)

 

 No

99 (23.2)

52 (19.0)

47 (30.7)

 

Postoperative indwelling tube number

3 (3, 4)

3 (3, 4)

4 (3, 4)

0.009

Preoperative grip strength (kg)

28.4 (22.4, 35.2)

32.4 (24.6, 36.9)

24.5 (19.4, 29.1)

 < 0.001

Serum HGB (g/day)

   

0.366

  ≥ 120 (male) or ≥ 110 (female)

326 (76.3)

213 (77.7)

113 (73.9)

 

  < 120 (male) or < 110(female)

101 (23.7)

61 (22.3)

40 (26.1)

 

Serum ALB (g/day)

   

0.011

  ≥ 35

384 (89.9)

254 (92.7)

130 (85.0)

 

  < 35

43 (10.1)

20 (7.3)

23 (15.0)

 

Serum K+ (mmol/L)

   

0.486

  ≥ 3.5

380 (89.0)

246 (89.8)

134 (87.6)

 

  < 3.5

47 (11.0)

28 (10.2)

19 (12.4)

 

Axillary temperature on the day of postoperative activity

   

0.348

  > 37

109 (25.5)

74 (27.0)

35 (22.9)

 

  ≤ 37

318 (74.5)

200 (73.0)

118 (77.1)

 
  1. Data are reported as numbers (percentage), mean ± standard deviation, or the median (interquartile range, IQR)
  2. BMI body mass index, NRS nutritional risk score, HGB hemoglobin, ALB albumin