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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg (N Y N Y). 2018 Oct 12;6(5):129–134. doi: 10.11648/j.js.20180605.14

Table 1.

Demographics and health characteristics of patients who underwent RC and received either alvimopan or naloxegol.

Naloxegol (%) Alvimopan (%) P value
Male 43 (78.2) 59 (78.6) 0.094β
Female 12 (21.8) 16 (21.4)
Race
African American 1 (1.8) 3 (4)
Caucasian
Other
42 (76.4)
1 (1.8)
61 (81.3)
11 (14.7)
0.52γ
Unknown 11 (20) 0 (0)
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic/Latino 39 (70.9) 71 (94.7)
Hispanic/Latino 4 (7.3) 4 (5.3) 0.47γ
Unknown 12 (21.8) 0 (0)
Age (years)
18–29 0 (0) 1 (1.3)
30–39 1 (1.8) 2 (2.7)
40–49 4 (7.3) 2 (2.7)
50–59 12 (21.8) 18 (24) 0.056β
60–69 16 (29) 24 (32)
70–79 18 (32.7) 23 (30.7)
80+ 4 (7.3) 5 (6.7)
Smoking Status
Smoker 7 (12.7) 11 (14.7)
Non-smoker 19 (34.6) 20 (26.6) 0.64β
Former 29 (52.7) 44 (58.7)
BMI
<18.5 1 (1.8) 1 (1.3)
18.5–24.9
25–29.9
15 (27.3)
20 (36.4)
25 (33.3)
36 (48)
0.36β
> 30 19 (34.5) 13 (17.3)
Tumor Stage
..0 5 (9.1) 0 (0)
CIS
I
II
3 (5.5)
6 (10.9)
13 (23.6)
5 (6.7)
17 (22.7)
31 (41.3)
0.41β
III 15 (27.3) 16 (21.3)
IV 13 (23.6) 6 (8)
Co-morbidities
DM 9 (16.4) 14 (18.6)
CVD 8 (14.5) 15 (20) 0.378γ
GERD 19 (34.6) 31 (41.3)
β

Generalized Estimating Equation;

γ

Independent Fisher Exact Test