Table 1.
Comparison of people who developed and those who did not develop delayed gastric emptying (DGE)
| Variable | DGE (n = 29) | No DGE (n = 68) | p-value | |
| Gender (M/F) | 19/10 | 49/19 | NS (Student’s t-test) | |
| Mean age | 68.3 years | 67.8 years | NS (Mann–Whitney U test) | |
| Tumour type | Adenocarcinoma | 21 | 42 | NS (Fisher’s exact test) |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 7 | 18 | ||
| Other | 1 | 8 | ||
| Location of tumour | Proximal oesophagus | 0 | 2 | NS (Fisher’s exact test) |
| Mid-oesophagus | 5 | 10 | ||
| Distal oesophagus | 9 | 19 | ||
| Gastro-oesophageal junction | 15 | 37 | ||
| Operation type (IL/LTA/McK) | 26/2/1 | 47/18/3 | NS | |
| Margin | R1 | 6 | 16 | NS |
IL = Ivor–Lewis; LTA = left thoracoabdominal; McK = McKeown; NS = not statistically significant