Digestive tract reconstruction using isoperistaltic jejunum-later-cut overlap method after totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: Short-term outcomes and impact on quality of life

Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the two groups

	All patients			Propensity-matched patients
	Group T (n = 51)	Group A (n = 456)	P value	Group T (n = 51)	Group A (n = 102)	P value
Age (mean ± SD, yr)	55.5 ± 12.1	61.6 ± 11.2	< 0.001	55.5 ± 12.1	55.9 ± 11.0	0.916
Gender			< 0.001			1.000
Male	34	345		34	68
Female	17	111		17	34
Charlson comorbidity index			0.281			0.608
0	48	418		48	92
1-2	3	38		3	10
BMI (mean ± SD, kg/m2)	22.5 ± 13.1	22.3 ± 13.5	0.919	22.5 ± 13.1	22.6 ± 12.8	0.965
Tumor size (mean ± SD, cm)	4.5 ± 1.5	4.9 ± 1.3	0.041	4.5 ± 1.5	4.7 ± 1.7	0.142
Tumor location			< 0.001			0.177
Upper third	4	188		4	12
Middle third	34	169		34	76
Whole	13	99		13	14
Histology type			0.453			0.482
Differentiation	47	416		47	97
Undifferentiation	4	40		4	5
Preoperative albumin (mean ± SD, g/L)	40.8 ± 4.3	39.1 ± 5.2	0.025	40.8 ± 4.3	40.6 ± 4.6	0.796
Depth of infiltration (T)			0.174			0.643
T1	15	82		15	23
T2	8	83		8	18
T3	10	135		10	16
T4a	18	166		18	45
Nodal status (N)			0.729			0.534
N0	21	190		21	34
N1	11	77		11	18
N2	5	66		5	10
N3	14	123		14	40
UICC stage			0.319			0.502
I	13	78		13	18
II	17	159		17	40
III	21	219		21	44

BMI: Body mass index; UICC stage: 7^th edition of the International Union against Cancer.