Table 1 Demographic data for patients who underwent gastro-oesophageal surgery by site of cancer*


 Gastric
 Oesophageal
 Junctional
No (%) of cases
502 (53)
229 (24)
207 (22)
Mean age (range){dagger}
 70.1 (28.6-95.7)
64.9 (38.9-85.5)
66.4 (33.6-89.1)
No (%) of men{ddagger}
 323 (64)
168 (73)
162 (78)
Median (IQR) length of stay§ (days)
13 (14)
17 (15)
15 (19)

* 17 (2%) cases were not classified by anatomical site.

{dagger} Analysis of variance F2,873=21.056, P=0.001.

{ddagger} {chi}2=15.326, 2 df, P=0.001.

§ Kruskal Wallis test=18.919, 2 df, P=0.001.

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