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Table 1 Characteristics and surgery information of patients (RAN vs RAY)

From: Patients with gastroenteric tumor after upper abdominal surgery were more likely to require rescue analgesia than lower abdominal surgery

Group

RAN n = 406 (41.86%)

RAY n = 564 (58.14%)

p value

Characteristics of patients

 Gender, n (%)

Male

236 (58.27%)

341 (60.46%)

0.507

Female

169 (41.73%)

223 (39.54%)

 Age, years old, Mean ± SD

57.71 ± 13.11

58.06 ± 12.82

0.682

 Age cohorts, years old, n (%)

≤ 40

33 (8.13%)

50 (8.88%)

0.421

40–60

197 (48.52%)

249 (44.23%)

> 60

176 (43.35%)

264 (46.89%)

 Height, cm, Mean ± SD

162.53 ± 7.64

162.66 ± 9.30

0.846

 Weight, kg, Mean ± SD

60.40 ± 10.02

60.47 ± 10.57

0.911

 BMI, kg/m2, Mean ± SD

23.03 ± 3.04

22.81 ± 3.23

0.353

Surgery information

 The operation type, n (%)

Laparotomy

260 (70.65%)

469 (83.45%)

<  0.001a

Laparoscopically surgery

104 (28.26%)

82 (14.59%)

Superficial abdominal wall surgery

3 (0.82%)

9 (1.0%)

Laparoscopic transfer to open surgery

1 (0.27%)

2 (0.36%)

 Tumor location, n (%)

Esophagus or stomach

76 (22.75%)

204 (41.89%)

<  0.001a

Jejunum or ileum

8 (2.40%)

21 (4.31%)

Colon or rectum

250 (74.85%)

262 (53.80%)

  1. Abbreviation: N = Number(s), % = Percentage(s), SD = Standard deviation, cm = Centimeter(s), kg = kilogram(s), BMI = Body mass index, m = Meter(s), h = Hour(s)
  2. aThe difference between the two groups was statistically significant, p <  0.05