Table 1.
Characteristics and preoperative abnormalities of patients with gastric cancer.
| Parameter | Patients <50 years (20) |
Patients ≥50 years (112) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 45.8 ± 3.6 | 68.8 ± 10.2 | 0.000 |
| Range | 27–49 | 50–87 | |
| Median | 48 | 70 | |
| Sex: female (%) | 12 (60.0%) | 49 (43.7%) | 0.272 |
| Anemia: hemoglobin < 10 g/dL | 3 (15.0%) | 23 (20.5%) | 0.789 |
| Hypoalbuminemia < 3.5 g/dL | 5 (25.0%) | 50 (44.6%) | 0.163 |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Cardiac disease | 0 (0%) | 17 (15.2%) | 0.132 |
| Hypertension | 3 (15.0%) | 38 (34.0%) | 0.155 |
| Previous stroke | 0 (0%) | 8 (7.1%) | 0.469 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 (5.6%) | 15 (13.4%) | 0.492 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0 (0%) | 7 (6.2%) | 0.544 |
| Cirrhosis | 0 (0%) | 4 (3.6%) | 0.881 |
| Number of concomitant disease | |||
| 0 | 15 (75.0%) | 54 (48.2%) | 0.049 |
| 1 | 4 (20.0%) | 34 (30.4%) | |
| 2 | 1 (5.0%) | 17 (15.2%) | |
| 3 | 0 (0%) | 7 (6.2%) | |
| ASA score | |||
| I-II | 19 (95.0%) | 75 (67.0%) | 0.022 |
| III-IV | 1 (5.0%) | 37 (33.0%) | |
| BMI (body mass index) | 22.8 ± 4.5 | 24.2 ± 4.7 | 0.242 |
| Median | 22 | 24 | |
| Symptoms | |||
| Epigastric pain | 12 (60.0%) | 75 (67.0%) | 0.727 |
| Vomiting | 3 (15.0%) | 9 (8.0%) | 0.565 |
| Dysphagia | 2 (10.0%) | 14 (12.5%) | 0.955 |
| Fatigue | 6 (30.0%) | 41 (36.6%) | 0.552 |
| Loss of appetite | 6 (30.0%) | 28 (25.0%) | 0.847 |
| Sarcophobia | 3 (15.0%) | 10 (8.9%) | 0.666 |
| Upper gastrointestinal bleeding | 1 (5.0%) | 8 (7.2%) | 0.896 |
| Weight loss | 6 (30.0%) | 66 (58.9%) | 0.032 |
| Duration of symptoms (months) mean ± SD | 14.5 ± 4.8 | 7.8 ± 0.7 | |
| Median | 10 | 5 | 0.030 |
| History of peptic ulcer | 1 (5.0%) | 3 (2.7%) | 0.876 |
| Family history of gastric cancer | 1 (5.0%) | 7 (6.2%) | 0.770 |
| Helicobacter pylori infection | 5 (25.0%) | 6 (5.4%) | 0.013 |
SD: standard deviation; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiology; BMI: body mass index; P values are bilateral.