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Table 1 Demographic and perioperative data

From: Active smokers show ameliorated delayed gastric emptying after pancreatoduodenectomy

 

Smokers

Non-smokers

P

 

n = 88

n = 186

 

Age (a)

61 (51.3–67)

69 (62–75)

 ≤ 0.001

Gender female

24 (27%)

85 (46%)

0.004

BMI

25.3 (22–27.8)

24.9 (22.7–2.7)

0.569

Diagnosis

   

 Malignant

58 (66%)

147 (79%)

0.019

Weight loss

54 (61%)

95 (51%)

0.131

Alcohol abuse

42 (48%)

42 (23%)

 ≤ 0.001

Diabetes mellitus

   

 Preoperative

27 (31%)

51 (27%)

0.576

 Postoperative

38 (43%)

66 (35%)

0.220

Pulmonary preexisting conditions

17 (19%)

15 (8%)

0.002

Preoperative biliary drainage

43 (49%)

98 (53%)

0.554

Cholangitis

19 (22%)

41 (22%)

0.933

Charlson comorbidity index

2 (0–3)

2 (1–3)

0.394

Duration of operation (min)

431 (330.5–495)

393.5 (333.8–471.8)

0.337

Transfusions (red blood cells)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

0.501

Blood loss (ml)

800 (500–1237.5)

600 (400–1000)

0.039

Venous resection

10 (11%)

33 (18%)

0.170

Multivisceral resection

6 (7%)

12 (6%)

0.909

Single loop reconstruction

61 (69%)

135 (73%)

0.486

Infracolic reconstruction

14 (16%)

45 (24%)

0.145

Retrocolic duodenoenterostomy

75 (85%)

164 (87%)

0.356

Pylorus-preserving procedure

60 (68%)

139 (74%)

0.256

Stay in hospital (d)

20 (14–28)

21 (15.8–28)

0.174

Stay in intensive care unit (d)

2 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

0.677

Stay in intensive care unit with respirator (d)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0.586

  1. Data are shown as frequency (%) or median (interquartile range), BMI = body mass index, alcohol abuse was defined as a harmful consumption of more than 24 g of alcohol/day in male and more than 12 g of alcohol/day in females, respectively, according to the German Drug Abuse Center [29]