Defecation disorders are crucial sequelae that impairs the quality of life of patients after conventional gastrectomy

Table 6 The effects of various clinical factors on defecation disorder symptoms after gastrectomy (multiple regression analysis)

	Objective variables
	Diarrhea SS		Constipation SS
Explanatory variables	β	P value	β	P value
Type of gastrectomy	0.061	0.013	-0.032	0.198
Postoperative period (mo)	-0.038	0.123	-0.010	0.697
Age (yr)	-0.102	< 0.0001	0.031	0.213
Gender (Male)	0.062	0.010	-0.073	0.003
Approach (laparoscopic)	-0.027	0.288	-0.002	0.947
Celiac branch of vagus (preserved)	-0.070	0.004	0.007	0.790
R2	0.023	< 0.0001	0.007	0.068

Integrated subscales are italicized in the table. SS: Subscale