GC-PROM: validation of a patient-reported outcomes measure for Chinese patients with gastric cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Baseline data of subjects in the formal survey

Variables	Group	Case	Control	t / x²	P
Home-places	City	109	39	0.951	0.330
Home-places	countryside	255	73
Age (X ± s)		57.14 ± 10.08	55.78 ± 9.55	1.265	0.207
Gender	Female	266	74	2.060	0.151
Gender	Male	98	38
Height (cm, X ± s)		164.51 ± 9.21	164.54 ± 7.52	−0.032	0.974
Weight (kg, X ± s)		57.37 ± 11.14	59.17 ± 9.15	−1.557	0.120
Marital status	Single	13	9	5.321	0.256
	Married	297	82
	Separated	19	7
	Divorced	7	3
	Widowed	28	11
Occupation	Peasant	174	45	2.395	0.880
	Worker	67	26
	Clerk	33	11
	Professionals	22	7
	Management	19	6
	self-employed	13	5
	Other	36	12
Monthly income	<$150	196	55	0.951	0.813
	$150~$450	119	39
	$450~$750	34	13
	>$750	15	5

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