Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| Patients With Clinically Relevant Gastric Dysfunction | Patients Without Clinically Relevant Gastric Dysfunction | |
| n = 2 | n = 20 | |
| Sex (male/female) | 0/2 | 10/10 |
| Age, years (median [range]) | 64.5 (61–68) | 52.5 (31–78) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (median [range]) | 24.9 (24.6–25.2) | 22.8 (18.1–33.6) |
| Underlying diseasea | 1 | 6 |
| Peptic disease | 0 | 2 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 | 3 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 0 | 0 |
| Hypertension | 0 | 5 |
| Hepatic disease | 0 | 0 |
| Renal disease | 0 | 1 |
| Preoperative symptoms (yes/no) | 0/2 | 5/15 |
| Epigastric pain | 0 | 3 |
| Heavy feeling in the stomach | 0 | 1 |
| Nausea | 0 | 1 |
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Individual patients may have multiple diseases.