Table 1 Patient characteristics (n = 296)
Variables | Â | Frequency(%) |
|---|---|---|
Marital status | With spouse | 250 (84.5) |
Without spouse | 46 (15.5) | |
Education Level | Junior school and below | 94 (31.8) |
High school | 158 (53.4) | |
College and above | 44 (14.8) | |
Occupation status | Employed | 30 (10.1) |
Unemployed | 266 (89.9) | |
Residence | Urban | 114 (38.5) |
Rural | 182 (61.5) | |
Medical insurance | Yes | 231 (78) |
No | 43 (22) | |
Family income Chinese RMB (¥)/M/P |  < 1000/M | 15 (5.1) |
1001 ~ 3000/M | 113 (38.2) | |
3001 ~ 5000/M | 133 (44.9) | |
 > 5001/M | 35 (11.8) | |
CCI |  > 2 | 178 (60.1) |
 ≤ 2 | 118 (39.9) | |
Stages of disease | Stage III | 119 (40.2) |
Stage IV | 177 (59.8) | |
Eczema history | Yes | 40 (13.5) |
No | 256 (86.5) | |
Nutritional status | Good | 150 (50.7) |
Moderate malnutrition | 114 (38.5) | |
Severe malnutrition | 32 (10.8) | |
IL-6 | Normal | 108 (36.5) |
Up | 188 (63.5) | |
hs-CRP | Normal | 105 (35.5) |
Up | 191 (64.5) | |
Duration of medicine (month,M) |  ≤ 3 | 182 (61.5) |
 > 3 | 114 (38.5) | |
Combination of medicine | Yes | 202 (68.2) |
No | 94 (31.8) |