Table 1.
Demographics of patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy stratified by delayed gastric emptying
| DGE | No DGE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | (n = 1246) | (n = 6765) | P value |
| Age, year, median (IQR) | 69.0 (61, 75) | 67.0 (60, 73) | < 0.001 |
| Male, n (%) | 773 (62.0%) | 3522 (52.1%) | < 0.001 |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | |||
| Hypertension | 707 (56.7%) | 3563 (52.7%) | 0.008 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 350 (28.1%) | 1916 (28.3%) | 0.867 |
| Weight loss | 233 (18.7%) | 1325 (19.6%) | 0.468 |
| Smoker | 193 (15.5%) | 1197 (17.7%) | 0.059 |
| COPD | 80 (6.4%) | 264 (3.9%) | < 0.001 |
| Ascites | 8 (0.6%) | 17 (0.3%) | 0.023 |
| Bleeding disorder | 41 (3.3%) | 198 (2.9%) | 0.488 |
| Steroid | 31 (2.5%) | 148 (2.2%) | 0.510 |
| Congestive heart failure | 2 (0.2%) | 30 (0.4%) | 0.146 |
| End-stage-renal disease | 2 (0.2%) | 8 (0.1%) | 0.698 |
| Functional health status prior to surgery, n (%) | |||
| Independent | 1231 (98.8%) | 6713 (99.2%) | 0.308 |
| Partially dependent | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0.308 |
| Totally dependent | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.0%) | 0.308 |
| Preoperative obstructive jaundice, n (%) | 703 (56.4%) | 3858 (57.0%) | 0.919 |
| Chemotherapy within 90 days, n (%) | 293 (23.5%) | 1976 (29.2%) | < 0.001 |
| Radiation therapy within 90 days, n (%) | 125 (10.0%) | 839 (12.4%) | 0.006 |
DGE Delayed Gastric Emptying, IQR interquartile range, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease