Effects of early oral feeding after radical total gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients

Table 5 Univariate analysis of factors affecting the first exhaust time

Index	OR	95%CI	P value
Age, yr, < 60 or ≥ 60	0.477	0.187-1.221	0.123
Gender, male or female	0.764	0.241-1.165	0.653
BMI, kg/m2, < 24 or ≥ 24	0.236	0.116-0.489	0.006
TNM stage, I or II or III	0.784	0.513-1.148	0.242
Differentiation, poor, moderate, well	0.899	0.543-1.256	0.308
Operation time, min, < 180 or ≥ 180	0.581	0.355-0.953	0.042
Blood loss, mL, < mean or ≥ mean	1.210	0.884-1.597	0.762
Early oral feeding, yes or no	3.862	1.840-9.624	0.000
Postoperative serum gastrin, ng/L, < mean or ≥ mean	0.253	0.151-0.357	0.000
Postoperative serum motilin, ng/L, < mean or ≥ mean	0.630	0.214-1.107	0.163

OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; BMI: Body mass index; TNM: Tumor node metastasis.