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