Table 1.
Comparison of clinicopathological features of all transfused and nontransfused patients.
| Categories | Transfused | Nontransfused | P value | |
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| n = 345 (%) | n = 854 (%) | |||
| Age | Mean ± SD | 58.4 ± 11.7 | 55.9 ± 11.5 | 0.001 |
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| Gender | Male | 244 (70.7) | 605 (70.8) | 0.967 |
| Female | 101 (29.3) | 245 (29.2) | ||
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| Combined organ resection | Yes | 41 (11.9) | 31 (3.6) | <0.001 |
| No | 304 (88.1) | 823 (96.4) | ||
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| Type of gastrectomy | DG | 193 (55.9) | 519 (60.8) | 0.055 |
| TG | 86 (24.9) | 160 (18.7) | ||
| PG | 66 (19.2) | 175 (20.5) | ||
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| Operation approach | Open surgery | 325 (94.2) | 725 (84.9) | <0.001 |
| Laparoscopic assisted | 20 (5.8) | 129 (15.1) | ||
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| Concomitant diseases | Yes | 182 (52.8) | 403 (47.2) | 0.081 |
| No | 163 (47.2) | 451 (52.8) | ||
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| Longitudinal location | U | 72 (20.9) | 221 (25.9) | 0.004 |
| M | 63 (18.3) | 102 (11.9) | ||
| L | 202 (58.6) | 523 (61.2) | ||
| Whole | 8 (2.2) | 8 (1.0) | ||
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| Differentiation grade | Well/moderate | 48 (13.9) | 171 (20.0) | 0.013 |
| Poor/undifferentiated | 297 (86.1) | 683 (80.0) | ||
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| Macroscopic type | Types 0–2 | 210 (60.9) | 569 (66.6) | 0.058 |
| Types 3–4 | 135 (39.1) | 285 (33.4) | ||
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| Tumor size (cm) | Mean ± SD | 5.7 ± 2.6 | 4.6 ± 2.5 | <0.001 |
| ≤4.5 | 120 (34.8) | 461 (54.0) | <0.001 | |
| >4.5 | 225 (65.2) | 393 (46.0) | ||
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| T stage | T1 | 28 (8.1) | 192 (22.5) | <0.001 |
| T2 | 37 (10.7) | 121 (14.2) | ||
| T3 | 14 (4.1) | 44 (5.2) | ||
| T4 | 266 (77.1) | 497 (58.1) | ||
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| N stage | N0 | 84 (24.3) | 319 (37.4) | <0.001 |
| N1 | 69 (20.0) | 154 (18.0) | ||
| N2 | 66 (19.1) | 168 (19.7) | ||
| N3a | 90 (26.1) | 157 (18.4) | ||
| N3b | 37 (10.5) | 56 (6.5) | ||
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| TNM stage | I/II | 108 (31.3) | 410 (48.0) | <0.001 |
| III | 237 (68.7) | 444 (52.0) | ||
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| Operation time (min) | Mean ± SD | 241.0 ± 61.9 | 232.8 ± 49.9 | 0.169 |
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| Intraoperative blood loss (mL) | Mean ± SD | 528.7 ± 282.2 | 414.2 ± 194.3 | <0.001 |
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| Postoperative complications | Stomach without tension | 2 (0.6) | 19 (2.2) | 0.002 |
| Wound infection | 7 (2.0) | 10 (1.2) | ||
| Anastomotic leakage | 8 (2.3) | 6 (0.7) | ||
| Bleeding | 9 (2.6) | 3 (0.4) | ||
| Pulmonary infection | 65 (18.8) | 117 (13.7) | ||
| Others | 14 (4.1) | 16 (1.9) | ||
| Total patients | 82 (23.8) | 152 (17.8) | ||
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| Postoperative hospital stay | Mean ± SD | 12.4 ± 10.6 | 11.7 ± 9.8 | 0.261 |
SD: standard deviation, DG: distal gastrectomy, TG: total gastrectomy, PG: proximal gastrectomy, U: upper, M: middle, and L: lower.