Table 1.

Characteristics of study collective stratified for the diagnosis of postoperative delayed gastric conduit emptying.1

	Total	DGCE
		Yes		No
	n	n	%	n	%
Included patients	816	226	27.7	590	72.3
Sex
Male	665	174	26.2	491	73.8
Female	151	52	34.4	99	65.6
Age
< 65 years	460	129	28.0	331	72.0
≥ 65 years	356	97	27.2	259	72.8
ASA Score
I	27	8	29.6	19	70.4
II	448	116	25.9	332	74.1
III	332	98	29.5	234	70.5
IV	9	4	44.4	5	55.6
Histology
AC	642	183	28.5	459	71.5
SCC	174	43	24.7	131	75.3
Anastomotic leakage type II
No	769	213	27.7	556	72.3
Yes	47	13	27.7	34	72.3
Dindo-Clavien Score
≤ IIIA	721	204	28.3	517	71.7
IIIB–IVB	84	21	25.0	63.0	75.0
V	11	1	9.1	10	90.9
Postoperative pneumonia
Yes	46	17	37.0	29	63.0
No	735	195	26.5	540	73.5
Length of hospital stay (days)
Median/IQR	15	17	15–22	14	12–18

IQR Interquarantile range