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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e564–e573. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003706

Table 1:

Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Resected PDAC at Moffitt Cancer Center Between 2008 and 2015 by SED

Low SED (n=117) Moderate SED (n=101) High SED (n=71) Overall p T rend p
Age 68.0 [64.0; 76.0] 68.0 [61.0; 75.0] 68.0 [61.0; 72.5] 0.465 0.220
Age (binary) 0.639 0.361
 <70 66 (56.4%) 59 (58.4%) 45 (63.4%)
 ≥70 51 (43.6%) 42 (41.6%) 26 (36.6%)
Sex 0.203 0.124
 Female 54 (46.2%) 46 (45.5%) 24 (33.8%)
 Male 63 (53.8%) 55 (54.5%) 47 (66.2%)
Race 0.748 0.184
 White 110 (94.0%) 91 (90.1%) 63 (88.7%)
 Black 4 (3.42%) 5 (4.95%) 4 (5.63%)
 Other / unknown 3 (2.56%) 5 (4.95%) 4 (5.63%)
Insurance 0.237 0.083
 Private 41 (35.0%) 25 (24.8%) 19 (26.8%)
 Government with private supplement 46 (39.3%) 48 (47.5%) 26 (36.6%)
 Government 30 (25.6%) 28 (27.7%) 26 (36.6%)
Distance from Moffitt (miles) 56.5 [24.4; 128] 48.9 [20.1; 97.3] 54.8 [33.2; 104] 0.062 0.460
Distance from Moffitt (binary) 0.195 0.412
 < 85 miles 71 (60.7%) 73 (72.3%) 46 (64.8%)
 ≥ 85 miles 46 (39.3%) 28 (27.7%) 25 (35.2%)
Charlson comorbidity index 0.355 0.339
 ≤3 31 (26.5%) 23 (22.8%) 13 (18.3%)
 4–5 60 (51.3%) 47 (46.5%) 42 (59.2%)
 ≥6 26 (22.2%) 31 (30.7%) 16 (22.5%)
BMI 26.0 [23.7; 28.8] 25.8 [23.5; 29.6] 27.1 [23.1; 31.8] 0.399 0.281
Diabetes mellitus 0.193 0.102
 No 91 (77.8%) 69 (68.3%) 48 (67.6%)
 Yes 26 (22.2%) 32 (31.7%) 23 (32.4%)
Preoperative biliary stent 0.433 0.335
 No 55 (47.0%) 39 (38.6%) 29 (40.8%)
 Yes 62 (53.0%) 62 (61.4%) 42 (59.2%)
Preoperative resectability 0.550 0.649
 Resectable 80 (68.4%) 62 (61.4%) 47 (66.2%)
 Borderline resectable 37 (31.6%) 39 (38.6%) 24 (33.8%)
Neoadjuvant therapy 0.456 0.632
 No 80 (68.4%) 61 (60.4%) 47 (66.2%)
 Yes 37 (31.6%) 40 (39.6%) 24 (33.8%)
ASA class 0.144 0.197
 2 57 (48.7%) 36 (35.6%) 29 (40.8%)
 3 60 (51.3%) 65 (64.4%) 42 (59.2%)
Surgery 0.590 0.336
 Whipple/total pancreatectomy 90 (76.9%) 79 (78.2%) 59 (83.1%)
 Distal pancreatectomy/splenectomy 27 (23.1%) 22 (21.8%) 12 (16.9%)
Vascular Reconstruction 0.226 0.130
 No 105 (89.7%) 90 (89.1%) 58 (81.7%)
 Venous 12 (10.3%) 11 (10.9%) 13 (18.3%)
Estimated blood loss 300 [200;525] 300 [200;500] 300 [150;500] 0.551 0.830
Operative Time (hours) 6.33 [4.67;8.00] 6.92 [5.03;8.47] 7.32 [5.46;9.24] 0.074 0.022
Pathologic tumor stage 0.202 0.106
 CR or in situ 11 (9.40%) 9 (8.91%) 1 (1.41%)
 T1 9 (7.69%) 6 (5.94%) 9 (12.7%)
 T2 59 (50.4%) 47 (46.5%) 31 (43.7%)
 T3 38 (32.5%) 39 (38.6%) 30 (42.3%)
Positive lymph nodes 0.252 0.111
 N0 (0) 51 (43.6%) 48 (47.5%) 24 (33.8%)
 N1 (1–3) 47 (40.2%) 37 (36.6%) 28 (39.4%)
 N2 (4+) 19 (16.2%) 16 (15.8%) 19 (26.8%)
Margin Status 0.066 0.304
 R0 100 (85.5%) 96 (95.0%) 63 (88.7%)
 R1 17 (14.5%) 5 (4.95%) 8 (11.3%)
Lymphovascular invasion 0.191 0.229
 No 29 (25.0%) 36 (36.4%) 22 (31.9%)
 Yes 87 (75.0%) 63 (63.6%) 47 (68.1%)
Perineural invasion 0.143 0.208
 No 15 (12.9%) 23 (23.2%) 13 (18.8%)
 Yes 101 (87.1%) 76 (76.8%) 56 (81.2%)
Clavien complication (grade 3/4) 0.412 0.920
 No 102 (87.2%) 83 (82.2%) 63 (88.7%)
 Yes 15 (12.8%) 18 (17.8%) 8 (11.3%)
Pancreatic fistula (grade B/C) 0.891 0.639
 None 101 (86.3%) 88 (87.1%) 63 (88.7%)
 Yes 16 (13.7%) 13 (12.9%) 8 (11.3%)
Length of stay 10.0 [8.00; 13.0] 11.0 [9.00; 14.0] 10.0 [8.00; 15.0] 0.361 0.230
Readmission by 90 days 0.082 0.406
 No 98 (83.8%) 78 (77.2%) 64 (90.1%)
 Yes 19 (16.2%) 23 (22.8%) 7 (9.86%)
Initiated adjuvant therapy 0.504 0.958
 No, failed to initiate 19 (16.7%) 22 (22.0%) 11 (15.9%)
 Yes, initiated 95 (83.3%) 78 (78.0%) 58 (84.1%)
Completed adjuvant therapy 0.636 0.983
 No, failed to complete 37 (32.7%) 38 (38.0%) 22 (31.9%)
 Yes, completed 76 (67.3%) 62 (62.0%) 47 (68.1%)
Overall survival
 Alive 29 (24.8) 27 (26.7) 18 (25.4) 0.946 0.705
 Dead 88 (75.2) 74 (73.3) 53 (74.6)