Control observation of different digestive tract reconstruction methods in total gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Table 1 Analysis of the baseline characteristics’ balance, mean ± SD/n (%)

General information	A group (n = 90)	B group (n = 82)	t/χ2	P value
Age (years)	65.9 ± 8.1	63.8 ± 7.6	1.749	0.082
BMI (kg/m2)	22.25 ± 2.20	22.45 ± 2.15	-0.602	0.548
Gender			0.268	0.604
Male	54 (60.00)	46 (56.1)
Female	36 (40.00)	36 (43.9)
Smoking			3.083	0.079
Yes	32 (35.56)	40 (48.78)
No	58 (64.44)	42 (51.22)
Tipple			1.995	0.158
Yes	28 (31.11)	34 (41.46)
No	62 (68.89)	48 (58.54)
TNM stage			2.892	0.089
I + II stage	61(67.78)	65 (79.27)
III stage	29 (32.22)	17 (20.73)
Focal diameter			2.2	0.138
≤ 3.0 cm	43 (47.78)	30 (36.59)
> 3.0 cm	47 (52.22)	52 (63.41)
Degree of tumor differentiation			2.393	0.122
High + medium differentiation	62 (68.89)	65 (79.27)
Poorly differentiated	28 (31.11)	17 (20.73)
Lymph node metastasis			3.123	0.077
Yes	38 (42.22)	24 (29.27)
No	52 (57.78)	58 (70.73)

BMI: Body mass index; TNM: Tumor node metastasis.