Table 2.

Patient characteristics stratified by 30-day readmission

Characteristic	No readmission (n = 207)	Readmission (n = 50)	P
Pre-operative factors
Age, years, mean (SD)	64.4 (11.3)	65.3 (13.7)	0.633
Female, n (%)	83 (40.1)	24 (48.0)	0.309
Hypertension, n (%)	94 (45.4)	21 (43.9)	0.747
Coronary artery disease, n (%)	31 (14.9)	3 (6.1)	0.101
Diabetes, n (%)	50 (24.2)	10 (20.4)	0.578
Current tobacco use, n (%)	28 (13.5)	4 (8.0)	0.303
Intra-operative factors
Estimated blood loss > 500 ml, n (%)	112 (54.1)	28 (56.0)	0.830
Vessel reconstruction, n (%)	22 (10.6)	2 (4.0)	0.148
Pylorus preservation, n (%)	160 (77.3)	36 (72.0)	0.430
Pathology
Malignant, n (%)	157 (75.9)	35 (70.0)	0.393