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. 2009 Jul 28;15(28):3542–3549. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3542

Table 6.

Comparison of hospital stay and medical expenditures of patients with different SGA grades

Grade of SGA (%)
F P
SGA-A SGA-B SGA-C
Hospital stay (d) 17.1 ± 9.7 17.3 ± 9.0 21.1 ± 14.6 2.46 0.086
Surgery 20.8 ± 8.6 21.2 ± 7.8 29.1 ± 15.1 7.07 0.001
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy 8.2 ± 5.1 10.3 ± 6.4 12.1 ± 6.8 5.02 0.007
Medical expenditure (RMB) 6522.4 ± 6670.9 8353.7 ± 9575.9 12 550.0 ± 10 579.7 9.85 0.000
Surgery 7987.9 ± 6963.9 10 025.8 ± 10 009.6 17 654.2 ± 11 678.5 11.51 0.000
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy 3033.5 ± 3430.5 5358.0 ± 7945.0 6268.0 ± 3632.5 4.58 0.011