Table 1.
Total (N = 82) | Cancer patients (n = 67) (%) | Caregivers (n = 15) (%) | P Value | Paired Cancer patients (n = 51) (%) | Paired Caregivers (n = 51) (%) | P Value | |
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Age, median (IQR), y | 58 | 58 | 56 | 0.490 | 58 (50–64) | 53 (43–63) | 0.063 |
Age, y | 0.616 | 0.537 | |||||
≤60 | 51 | 40 (59.7) | 11 (73.3) | 31 (60.8) | 34 (66.7) | ||
>60 | 31 | 27 (40.3) | 4 (26.7) | 20 (39.2) | 17 (33.3) | ||
Sex | 0.917 | 0.303 | |||||
Female | 54 | 45 (67.2) | 9 (60.0) | 35 (68.6) | 30 (58.8) | ||
Male | 28 | 22 (32.8) | 6 (40.0) | 16 (31.4) | 21 (41.2) | ||
Clinical manifestations (in last 3 months) | |||||||
Fever | 3 | 2 (3.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0.492 | 2 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.153 |
Cough | 1 | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.634 | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.315 |
Chest pain | 1 | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.634 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
Chronic diseases | |||||||
Hypertension | 13 | 12 (17.9) | 1 (6.7) | 0.281 | 12 (23.5) | 3 (5.9) | 0.012 |
Diabetes | 4 | 3 (4.5) | 1 (6.7) | 0.722 | 4 (7.8) | 1 (2.0) | 0.169 |
Cardiovascular disease | 1 | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.634 | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
COPD | 2 | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.488 | 2 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.153 |
Chronic kidney disease | 2 | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.488 | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.315 |
Chronic liver disease | 3 | 2 (3.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0.492 | 2 (3.9) | 1 (2.0) | 0.558 |
Leucocytes (× 10⁹ per L; normal range 4.0–10.0) | 0.625 | 0.125 | |||||
Increased | 2 | 1 (1.5) | 1 (6.7) | 2 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Decreased | 3 | 3 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Lymphocytes (× 10⁹ per L; normal range 1•1–3•2) | 0.706 | 0.213 | |||||
Increased | 1 | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Decreased | 2 | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Chest CT findings | 0.371 | 0.012 | |||||
Suspicious | 8 | 8 (11.9) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (11.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Unsuspicious | 74 | 59 (88.1) | 15 (100.0) | 45 (88.2) | 51 (100.0) |
Note: IQR: interquartile range; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; P<0.05 indicates that the difference was statistically significant.