Table 5.
Factors related to post-operative mortality
| Factor | No. of patients | No. that died (%) | p1 | p2 |
| Age (years) | 0.005 | 0.027 | ||
| < 60 | 74 | 6 (8.1) | ||
| ≥ 60 | 81 | 19 (23.5) | ||
| ASA score | 0.079 | |||
| ≤ 2 | 80 | 12 (15.0) | ||
| ≥ 3 | 75 | 13 (17.3) | ||
| Tumour site | 0.035 | |||
| Stomach antrum | 98 | 13 (13.3) | ||
| Stomach body | 40 | 7 (17.5) | ||
| Stomach cardia | 12 | 3 (25.0) | ||
| Diffused | 5 | 2 (40.0) | ||
| Extent of surgery | 0.029 | |||
| Partial gastrectomy | 14 | 2 (14.3) | ||
| Subtotal gastrectomy | 50 | 8 (16.0) | ||
| Total gastrectomy | 4 | 1 (25.0) | ||
| Extended gastrectomy | 19 | 4 (21.0) | ||
| Non-resection | 68 | 10 (14.7) | ||
| Co-morbidity | 0.001 | 0.003 | ||
| Absent | 110 | 14 (12.7) | ||
| Present | 45 | 11 (24.4) | ||
| Peritoneal metastasis | 0.001 | 0.001 | ||
| Absent | 109 | 12 (11.0) | ||
| Present | 46 | 13 (28.2) |
P1 = χ2 test; p2 = multiple regression analysis