Fast-track surgery could improve postoperative recovery in radical total gastrectomy patients

Table 2 Comparison of baseline characteristics of the two groups (mean ± SD)

Characteristics	Conventional	Fast-track surgery	P value
Age, yr	55.79 ± 10.06	54.98 ± 11.35	0.682
Sex			0.689
Male/female	44/16	41/18
BMI	21.01 ± 1.78	22.44 ± 3.51	0.061
NRS 2002 score	0.81 ± 1.10	1.08 ± 1.41	0.424
ASA score			0.364
I/II	1/59	3/56
Differentiation status			0.857
Well differentiated	6	4
Moderately differentiated	20	17
Poorly differentiated	34	38
TNM classification			0.324
I/II/III	8/31/2021	14/12/33
White blood cell	6.20 ± 1.74	6.05 ± 2.08	0.671
Hemoglobin, g/L	133.36 ± 22.03	130.65 ± 22.41	0.52
Albumin, g/L	44.42 ± 4.89	42.83 ± 4.65	0.082
ALT	17.91 ± 11.35	21.29 ± 15.55	0.195
AST	21.84 ± 11.46	25.83 ± 17.00	0.151
Operation time, min	242.38 ± 72.89	226.11 ± 65.87	0.214
Blood loss, mL	221.17 ± 122.55	230.55 ± 171.82	0.735

BMI: Body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; NRS: Nutritional risk screening; TNM: Tumor node metastases; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase.