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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Palliative enteral feeding for patients with malignant esophageal obstruction: a retrospective study

 

NG tube

Esophageal stent

NPO

P-value

 

(n = 12)

(n = 10)

(n = 9)

 

Age in years

72.6 ± 14.1

58.0 ± 9.4

61.4 ± 7.8

0.01

Gender (M/F)

10/2

9/1

8/1

0.88

BMI

19.0 ± 3.3

18.1 ± 2.6

17.4 ± 2.6

0.45

Cancer stage

   

0.18

 III

2

0

0

 

 IV

10

10

9

 

Histology

   

0.07

 SCC

9

10

9

 

 ADC

3

0

0

 

Dysphagia score

3.6 ± 0.5

3.1 ± 0.6

3.8 ± 0.4

0.02

 3

5

8

2

 

 4

7

2

7

 

Fistula

    

 Yes

1

6

0

<0.01

 No

11

4

9

 

Albumin (g/dL)

2.8 ± 0.4

2.8 ± 0.5

2.5 ± 0.2

0.15

Indication for palliation

   

0.05

 Metastasis

10 (83 %)

10 (100 %)

5 (56 %)

 

 Poor medical condition

2 (17 %)

0 (0 %)

4 (44 %)

 
  1. NG tube nasogastric tube, NPO nil per os, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, ADC adenocarcinoma