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Table 2 Risk factors for perioperative blood transfusion in 145 patients undergoing oesophagectomy

From: Analysis of blood transfusion predictors in patients undergoing elective oesophagectomy for cancer

Factors

Transfused (71)

Not transfused (74)

P-value

Sex:

  

0.148

   Male

47

57

 

   Female

24

17

 

Age:

  

0.0001

   <70 years

31

54

 

   >70 years

40

20

 

Comorbid factors:

  

0.002

   Yes

45

28

 

   No

26

46

 

ASA Class:

  

0.004

   1

8

18

 

   2

44

48

 

   3

19

8

 

ECOG score:

  

0.005

   0

27

45

 

   1

31

23

 

   2

10

4

 

   3

3

2

 

Haemoglobin levels:

  

0.001

   <11.0 g/dl

15

2

 

   ≥ 11.0 g/dl

56

72

 

Tumour site:

  

0.836

   Upper third

1

1

 

   Middle third

8

6

 

   Lower third

18

16

 

   GOJ

44

51

 

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy:

  

0.266

   Yes

28

36

 

   No

43

38

 

Tumour histology:

  

0.200

   SCC

22

16

 

   ADC

49

58

 

Tumour grade:

  

0.870

   Well

12

13

 

   Moderately

26

25

 

   Poorly

33

36

 

T-stage:

  

0.002

   1

5

16

 

   2

9

16

 

   3

55

42

 

   4

2

0

 

N-stage:

  

0.166

   N0

34

27

 

   N1

37

47

 

Operative blood loss:

  

0.715

   <800 ml

43

47

 

   >800 ml

28

27

 

Postoperative complications:

  

0.0001

   Yes

46

25

 

   No

25

49

 

Anastomotic leak:

  

0.001

   Yes

13

1

 

   No

58

73

 
  1. ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; GOJ, Gastro-oesophageal junction;
  2. SCC, Squamous cell carcinoma; ADC, Adenocarcinoma