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Table 1 Baseline data and patient characteristics

From: Mortality and complications after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: a retrospective multicentre study

 

Total sample, n (%)

Missing, N (%)

All patients

389

 

Indication

  Neurologic disease

  Malignancy

  Other dysphagia

281 (72%)

80 (21%)

28 (7%)

0

Operation method

  Pull

  Introducer

261 (67%)

95 (24%)

33 (8%)

Age, median (q1–q3)

72 (63–79)

0

Female sex

176 (45%)

0

Body mass index, median (q1–q3)

22 (20–25)

38 (10%)

Diabetes

63 (16%)

0

Heart failure

47 (12%)

0

Ischemic heart disease

80 (21%)

0

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

33 (8%)

0

Anticoagulation treatment

4 (1%)

0

C-reactive protein, mg/l, median (q1-q3)

24 (9–55)

60 (15%)

Haemoglobin, g/l, median (q1-q3)

123 (110–133)

40 (10%)

Thrombocytes, 109/l median (q1-q3)

290 (220–376)

40 (10%)

Albumin, g/l, median (q1-q3)

31 (27–36)

226 (58%)

Creatinine, µmol/l, median (q1-q3)

56 (45–70)

47 (12%)