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Table 2 Patients’ characteristics

From: A comprehensive study on non-cancer-related mortality risk factors in elderly gastric cancer patients post-curative surgery

 

Alive without recurrence

N = 211

Death from non-cancer related cause

N = 33

P value

Age

77 (70–95)

80 (71–89)

0.015

Gender

  

0.41

 Male

145 (68.7%)

25 (75.8%)

 Female

66 (31.3%)

8 (24.2%)

BMI

22.8 (15.3 – 33.3)

20.9 (14.7—34.2)

 < 0.001

Charlson Comorbidity Index

  

0.003

 Low

96 (45.5%)

6 (18.2%)

 Medium

90 (42.7%)

17 (51.5%)

 High

24 (11.4%)

8 (24.2%)

 Very high

1 (0%)

2 (6.1%)

ASA-PS

  

0.29

 1

10 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

 2

150 (74.6%)

25 (75.8%)

 3

39 (19.4%)

8 (24.2%)

 4

2 (1.0%

0 (0%)

Modified GPS

  

0.37

 0

158 (74.9%)

21 (63.6%)

 1

36 (17.1%)

9 (27.3%)

 2

17 (8.1%)

3 (9.1%)

PNI

48.1 (24.5 – 64.2)

45.6 (29.7 – 56.6)

0.051

NLR

2.37 (0.76 – 16.14)

2.55 (1.11 – 16.0)

0.08

Surgical approach

  

0.23

 Open surgery

85 (40.3%)

17 (51.5%)

 Minimal invasive surgery

126 (59.7%)

16 (48.5%)

Surgical procedure

  

0.84

 TG

48 (22.8%)

7 (21.2%)

 Non-TG (DG / PG)

163 (77.3%)

26 (78.8%)

Overall surgical complications

  

0.021

 Presence

59 (27.8%)

16 (48.5%)

 Absence

152 (72.0%)

17 (51.5%)

Histological classification

  

0.27

 Undifferentiated

71 (33.7%)

8 (24.2%)

 Differentiated

140 (66.4%)

25 (75.8%)

Pathological T status

  

0.75

 T2-4

96 (45.5%)

16 (48.5%)

 T1

115 (54.5%)

17 (51.5%)

Pathological N status

  

0.12

 N1-3

58 (28.6%)

14 (42.4%)

 N0

145 (71.4%)

19 (57.6%)

Pathological Stage

  

0.54

 I

128 (61.1%)

16 (48.5%)

 II

56 (26.5%)

11 (33.3%)

 III

26 (12.3%)

6 (18.2%)

Adjuvant chemotherapy

  

0.42

 Presence

37 (17.5%)

4 (12.1%)

 Absence

174 (82.5%)

29 (87.9%)

  1. Values are presented as median (range) (*) or number (%). P = 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  2. BMI Body mass index, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, ASA-PS American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status, mGPS Modified Glasgow Prognostic Score, PNI Prognostic Nutritional Index, NLR Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio, DG Distal Gastrectomy, PG Proximal Gastrectomy, TG Total Gastrectomy