Table 2.

Basic clinical characteristics in the two groups.

Characteristics	Olive oil-based LE(n = 46)	MCT/LCT(n = 48)	p
Sex			0.721 *
Male	34	37
Female	12	11
Age (y)	57.75 ± 7.77	57.80 ± 8.32	0.980 †
BMI (kg/m2)	22.12 ± 2.98	21.45 ± 2.97	0.362 †
Histological type			0.532 *
Squamous cell	36	40
Adenocarcinoma	10	8
TNM stage			0.717 §
I	1	3
II	15	17
III	30	28
IV	0	0
NRS 2002 score			0.840 *
1	7	8
2	20	18
≥3	19	22

Note: * Pearson χ² test, ^† t test, ^§ Fisher’s exact test.