Body mass index and perioperative complications after oesophagectomy for adenocarcinoma: a systematic database review.

BMJ Open · 2013 · PMC3646172 · PMID 23645908

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failed to reach statistical significancep=0.051so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Obese/overweight patients were 0.4 times less likely to suffer from anastomotic leak compared to normal-weight patients; however, this failed to reach statistical significance (p=0.051).

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failed to reach significancep=0.45not close (p > 0.1)

However, when preoperative stage was stratified by administration of neoadjuvant therapy, this failed to reach significance when compared to overweight and normal-weight patients (p=0.45).

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