Effects of bottle gourd moxibustion combined with umbilical therapy for cancer-related incomplete bowel obstruction on inflammatory cytokine levels

Table 2 Comparison of demographic characteristics between two groups, mean ± SD/n (%)

Parameters	Regular group (n = 57)	BGM-UT group (n = 52)	t/χ2	P value
Age (years)	66.49 ± 9.57	67.65 ± 10.14	0.612	0.542
Male/female	31 (54.39)/26 (45.61)	27 (51.92)/25 (48.08)	0.066	0.797
BMI (kg/m2)	23.78 ± 2.97	23.56 ± 3.14	0.378	0.706
Ethnicity			0.247	0.619
Han	44 (77.19)	38 (73.08)
Others	13 (22.81)	14 (26.92)
Smoking history			0	0.983
Yes	33 (57.89)	30 (57.69)
No	24 (42.11)	22 (42.31)
Drinking history			0.952	0.329
Yes	20 (35.09)	23 (44.23)
No	37 (64.91)	29 (55.77)
Diabetes history			0.265	0.607
Yes	15 (26.32)	16 (30.77)
No	42 (73.68)	36 (69.23)
Hypertension history			0.056	0.813
Yes	12 (21.05)	10 (19.23)
No	45 (78.95)	42 (80.77)
KPS			0.096	0.756
30-60	39 (68.42)	37 (71.15)
0-30	18 (31.58)	15 (28.85)

BGM-UT: Bottle gourd moxibustion combined with umbilical therapy; BMI: Body mass index; KPS: Kanofsky performance status.