TABLE 1.
Demographics for patients undergoing open and laparoscopic gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma
| Variable | All (N = 174) |
Open (N = 87) |
Laparoscopic (N = 87) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 64 (20–87) | 64 (26–86) | 64 (20–87) | NS |
| Female sex | 83 (48) | 33 (38) | 50 (58) | 0.01 |
| Race | 0.26 | |||
| White | 127 (73) | 62 (70) | 65 (74) | |
| Black | 18 (10) | 12 (14) | 6 (7) | |
| Asian | 24 (14) | 12 (14) | 12 (14) | |
| Unknown | 5 (3) | 1 (1) | 4 (5) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28 (16–44) | 28 (16–40) | 27 (19–44) | NS |
| Pathologic stage | NS | |||
| 0 | 12 (7) | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | |
| I | 97 (56) | 48 (55) | 49 (56) | |
| II | 39 (22) | 19 (22) | 20 (23) | |
| III | 26 (15) | 14 (16) | 12 (14) | |
| Neoadjuvant treatment | 52 (30) | 30 (35) | 22 (25) | 0.22 |
| Adjuvant treatment | 57(33) | 22 (25) | 35 (40) | <0.01 |
Continuous variables are expressed as median (range) and categorical variables as N (%)
Bold values indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)
NS non-significant, BMI body mass index