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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: A randomised controlled trial of six weeks of home enteral nutrition versus standard care after oesophagectomy or total gastrectomy for cancer: report on a pilot and feasibility study

 

Intervention (n = 20)

Control (n = 21)

Sex

  

 Male

18 (90 %)

18 (86 %)

 Female

2 (10 %)

3 (14 %)

Age in years

64.6 (8.0)

63.1 (8.7)

Body mass index at baseline (kg/m2)

27.0 (4.9)

28.4 (4.2)

Percentage weight loss from diagnosis to visit 1

−0.8 (10.5)

−1.2 (9.2)

Tumour location

  

 Lower third oesophagus

13 (65 %)

14 (67 %)

 Cardia

6 (30 %)

5 (24 %)

 Linitis plastica

1 (5 %)

2 (10 %)

 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

20 (100 %)

18 (86 %)

UICC stage

  

 0

0 (0 %)

1 (5 %)

 1

3 (15 %)

2 (10 %)

 2

3 (15 %)

9 (43 %)

 3

13 (65 %)

9 (43 %)

 4

1 (5 %)

0 (0 %)

T stage

  

 Tis

0 (0 %)

1 (5 %)

 T1

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

 T2

4 (20 %)

4 (19 %)

 T3

15 (75 %)

15 (71 %)

 T4

1 (5 %)

1 (5 %)

N stage

  

 N0

5 (25 %)

7 (33 %)

 N1

8 (40 %)

12 (57 %)

 N2

7 (35 %)

2 (10 %)

 N3

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

Type of surgery

  

 Transhiatal oesophagectomy

2 (10 %)

1 (5 %)

 Ivor Lewis oesophago-gastrectomy

14 (70 %)

15 (71 %)

 Total gastrectomy

4 (20 %)

5 (24 %)

Surgical approach

  

 aOpen

8 (40 %)

8 (38 %)

 Laparoscopic

12 (60 %)

13 (62 %)

ICU/HDU stay in days

6.2 (3.6)

6.0 (4.6)

Hospital stay in days

19.4 (6.7)

16.3 (6.8)

  1. Values indicated are mean (standard deviation) for continuous measures, and counts (percentages) for categorical measures
  2. HDU high dependency unit, ICU intensive care unit, SD standard deviation, Tis in situ carcinoma, UICC Union for International Cancer Control
  3. aAll total gastrectomy and transhiatal oesophagectomy procedures were performed through open access. Ivor Lewis oesophago-gastrectomy procedures were performed through laparoscopic abdominal and open thoracic access. Radiotherapy, either preoperative or postoperative, was not employed in any participant