Table 2.
Patient demographic and clinical characteristic (N = 755).
| Demographic and clinical characteristic | N | % | t/F |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G8 | fTRST | |||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 63.3 ± 12.2 | |||
| ≥ 65 y | 418 | 55.4 | −2.41∗ | −4.84∗∗∗ |
| <65 y | 337 | 44.6 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 536 | 71.0 | −0.29 | −2.31∗ |
| Female | 219 | 29.0 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 569 | 75.4 | 2.40∗ | −2.75∗∗ |
| Other | 186 | 24.6 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Primary | 297 | 39.3 | 7.33∗∗ | 2.83 |
| Junior/Senior high | 419 | 55.5 | ||
| College/Master | 39 | 5.2 | ||
| Cancer type | ||||
| Colorectal | 151 | 20.0 | 4.96∗∗∗ | 4.35∗∗∗ |
| Head & Neck | 380 | 50.3 | ||
| Liver | 37 | 4.9 | ||
| Breast | 48 | 6.4 | ||
| Gastric | 50 | 6.6 | ||
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 32 | 4.2 | ||
| Other | 57 | 7.5 | ||
| Cancer stage | ||||
| Stage I | 97 | 12.8 | 8.02∗∗∗ | 1.76 |
| Stage II | 194 | 25.7 | ||
| Stage III | 215 | 28.5 | ||
| Stage IV | 249 | 33.0 | ||
| ECOG | ||||
| Score = 0 | 450 | 59.6 | 9.94∗∗∗ | −4.24∗∗∗ |
| Score≥1 | 305 | 40.4 | ||
| Comorbidity | ||||
| Yes | 446 | 59.1 | −0.44 | −5.09∗∗∗ |
| No | 309 | 40.9 | ||
∗p < .05 ∗∗p < .01 ∗∗∗p < .001.