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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and surgical outcomes

From: Impact of comorbidities on postoperative complications in patients undergoing laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer

 

n%

Gender

 

  Male

380 (71.8)

 Female

149 (28.2)

Age mean ± SD

64.9 ± 11.5

Body mass index (kg/m2) mean ± SD

22.9 ± 3.1

Comorbidities

326 (61.6)

Heart disease

50 (9.5)

  Ischemic disease

24 (4.5)

  Arrhythmia

24 (4.5)

  Congenital cardiac failure

3 (0.6)

  Others

7 (1.3)

CNS disease

39 (7.4)

  Cerebrovascular disease

30 (5.7)

  Neurodegenerative disease

6 (1.1)

  Others

3 (0.6)

Liver disease

21 (4.0)

  Liver cirrhosis

8 (1.5)

  Chronic hepatitis

13 (2.4)

Renal dysfunctiona)

54 (10.2)

Pulmonary dysfunction

124 (23.4)

  Restrictive pulmonary dysfunctionb)

25 (4.7)

  COPD

112 (21.2)

Diabetes mellitus

67 (12.7)

Hypertension

184 (34.8)

Other disease

45 (8.5)

Anemiac)

131 (24.8)

Hyoalbuminemiad)

8 (1.5)

Type of gastrectomy

 

  Total

78 (14.7)

  Proximal

34 (6.4)

 Distal

417 (78.8)

Extent of LND

 

  D1

4 (0.8)

  D1+

448 (84.7)

  D2

77 (14.6)

Combined resection

54 (10.2)

  Gallbladder

39 (7.4)

  Spleen

13 (2.5)

  Intestine or colon

2 (0.4)

Operating time (min) mean ± SD

287 ± 75

Bleeding (g) median (range)

72 (0 – 2492)

Pathological tumor stage

 

  I

438 (82.8)

  II

60 (11.3)

  III

31 (5.9)

  1. SD standard deviation, CNS central nervous system.
  2. COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, LND: lymph node dissection
  3. a)serum creatinine concentration higher than the upper limit of normal at our hospital, >1.10 in males and >0.80 in females.
  4. b)predicted vital capacity <80%.
  5. c)decreased hemoglobin, <13 g/dL in males and <12 g/dL in females.
  6. d)decreased serum albumin <3.5 g/dL.