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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of the study participants

From: Effectiveness of oncology nurse navigator on the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in gastric cancer patients undergoing radical gastrectomy

Variables

Non-ONN group

(n = 432)

ONN group

(n = 461)

t/χ2

P value

Age (year)

62.65\(\pm\)10.62

63.22\(\pm\)11.66

-0.776

0.444

Gender (%)

  

0.182

0.670

Male

297(68.8)

323(70.1)

  

Female

135(31.2)

138(29.9)

  

Smoking status

  

2.166

0.337

Never smoked

181(41.9)

201(43.6)

  

former smoker

156(36.1)

146(31.7)

  

Active smoker

95(22.0)

114(24.7)

  

Family history of GC

  

4.647

0.031

Yes

58(13.4)

41(8.9)

  

No

374(86.6)

420(91.1)

  

History of pulmonary disease

    

COPD

42(9.7)

34(7.4)

1.578

0.231

Asthma

16(3.7)

22(4.8)

0.625

0.508

Pulmonary infection

28(6.5)

30(6.5)

0.000

1.000

Others

16(3.7)

13(2.8)

0.554

0.572

Laparoscopic surgery

  

29.872

< 0.001

Yes

56(13.0)

128(27.8)

  

No

376(87.0)

333(72.2)

  

Critical GC

  

0.003

0.959

Yes

38(8.8)

41(8.9)

  

No

394(91.2)

420(91.1)

  

Radiotherapy/chemotherapy before admission

  

4.109

0.043

Yes

42(9.7)

28(6.1)

  

No

390(90.3)

433(93.9)

  

Scope of surgery

  

7.076

0.070

total gastrectomy

191(44.2)

175(38.0)

  

distal gastrectomy

189(43.8)

238(51.6)

  

proximal gastrectomy

25(5.8)

29(6.3)

  

others

27(6.3)

19(4.1)

  

Anastomotic methods

  

52.952

< 0.001

Bills I

Bills II

111(25.7)

41(9.5)

99(21.5)

16(3.5)

  

Bills II + Braun

43(10.0)

122(26.5)

  

R-Y

204(47.2)

177(38.4)

  

Others

33(7.6)

47(10.2)

  

Surgery time(min)

175.24\(\pm\)68.02

180.60\(\pm\)83.14

-0.925

0.355

Postoperative hospital stay

8.47\(\pm\)3.22

8.10\(\pm\)3.15

1.744

0.082