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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Effects of intensive physiotherapy on Quality of Life (QoL) after pancreatic cancer resection: a randomized controlled trial

 

overall

cohort A

cohort B

p-value*

 

n = 56

n = 28

n = 28

 

sex (m/f)

33/23

18/10

15/13

0.666

age (years; mean ± SD)

66.4 ± 9.9

68.0 ± 8.9

64.8 ± 10.8

0.666

BMI (mean ± SD)

26.8 ± 5.2

25.9 ± 4.7

27.0 ± 5.5

0.705

ASA (n)

   

0.666

 1

1

1

0

 

 2

18

8

10

 

 3

34

19

15

 

 4

1

 

1

 

type of surgery (n)

   

0.666

 pylorus preserving

47

22

25

 

 pancreatic left resection

9

6

3

 

carcinoma type (n)

   

0.666

 Adenocarcinoma

48

23

25

 

 NET

4

3

1

 

 IPMN carcinoma

3

3

0

 

 Acinar cell carcinoma

1

 

1

 

UICC stadium (n)

   

0.666

 IA

2

1

1

 

 IB

6

3

3

 

 IIA

10

8

2

 

 IIB

22

7

15

 

 III

10

4

6

 

 IV

4

4

0

 

CRM status (R0 > 1 mm/R1 ≤ 1 mm)

32/24

18/10

14/14

0.666

CTx received (n)

39

18

21

0.666

complications

   

0.666

 Clavien Dindo Grade III-IV

7

2

5

 

 Clavien Dindo < III

5

1

4

 

ICU stay (days; mean ± SD)

6.3 ± 5.5

5.4 ± 2.9

7.2 ± 7.3

0.666

Hospital stay (days; mean ± SD)

23.0 ± 17.8

20.0 ± 8.0

26.4 ± 24.3

0.666

recurrence (n)

27

15

12

 > 0.999

30 day mortality (n)

5

2

3

 > 0.999

death during follow-up (n)

17

10

7

0.666

  1. NET Neuroendocrine Tumour
  2. IPMN Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm-Associated Carcinoma
  3. CRM circumferential resection margin
  4. CTx Chemotherapy
  5. BMI Body Mass Index
  6. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification
  7. UICC Union for International Cancer Control
  8. ICU Intensive Care Unit
  9. *corrected p-values (false discovery rate); for ordinal- or nominal-scaled data the Chi2-test or the Fisher exact test were used, for interval-scaled data, Mann–Whitney U test was used