Baseline characteristics of patients in the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and non-ERAS groups
| Clinicopathological variables | Group (n = 40) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERAS | Non-ERAS | |||
| Gender | Male | 25 | 26 | 0.816 |
| Female | 15 | 14 | ||
| Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 59 ± 7 | 60 ± 6 | 0.582 |
| ≤ 60 | 19 | 20 | ||
| > 60 | 21 | 20 | ||
| TNM stages | I | 7 | 8 | 0.955 |
| II | 13 | 13 | ||
| III | 20 | 19 | ||
| IV | 0 | 0 | ||
| Smoking | Yes | 22 | 19 | 0.502 |
| No | 18 | 21 | ||
| Drinking | Yes | 24 | 21 | 0.499 |
| No | 16 | 19 | ||
| Type of surgery | Distal gastrectomy | 30 | 29 | 0.792 |
| Total gastrectomy | 7 | 9 | ||
| Proximal gastrectomy | 3 | 2 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | Mean ± SD | 30.7 ± 1.7 | 30.6 ± 1.7 | 0.651 |
| < 28 | 16 | 18 | ||
| ≥ 28 | 24 | 22 | ||