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Baseline characteristics of 65 patients who underwent total gastrectomy and jejunostomy placement
| Variables | n (%) |
| ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index. | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 38 (58) |
| Female | 27 (42) |
| Age (year) ( ±s) | 61.8±12.8 |
| ASA score | |
| I | 18 (28) |
| II | 38 (58) |
| III | 9 (14) |
| Comorbidity | |
| Cardiac | 31 (48) |
| Vascular | 12 (18) |
| Pulmonary | 11 (17) |
| Gastrointestinal | 10 (15) |
| Diabetes | 7 (11) |
| Other | 31 (48) |
| BMI at diagnosis (kg/m2) ( ±s) | 24.1±3.6 |
| Neoadjuvant therapy | |
| None | 21 (32) |
| Chemotherapy | 43 (66) |
| Chemoradiotherapy | 1 (2) |
| Preoperative weight loss (kg) ( ±s) | 6.2±6.0 |
| Preoperative oral supplementary feeding | 28 (43) |
| Procedure | |
| Open | 18 (28) |
| Laparoscopic | 47 (72) |
| Tumor stage | |
| 0 | 4 (6) |
| I | 7 (11) |
| II | 18 (28) |
| III | 34 (52) |
| IV | 2 (3) |
| Adjuvant therapy | |
| None | 44 (68) |
| Chemotherapy | 17 (26) |
| Chemoradiotherapy | 4 (6) |