Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of All Patients.

Baseline Variable	No. (%)
Age, mean (SD), y	60.3 (12.5)
Male	112 (56.3)
BMI, mean (SD)	29.5 (6.0)
Race/ethnicity
White	149 (76.4)
Black	43 (22.1)
Asian	2 (1.0)
Other	1 (0.5)
Functional status
Independent	190 (99.0)
Partially dependent	2 (1.0)
Presenting symptom
Pain	107 (54.6)
Nausea/vomiting	57 (29.1)
GI tract obstruction	43 (21.8)
GI tract bleed	41 (20.9)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); GI, gastrointestinal.