Caregiver-involved nutritional support and mindfulness training for patients with gastrointestinal cancer: Effects on malnutrition risk and mood

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the two groups n (%)

Groups	n	Sex		Age (years)	Tumor type		Lesion diameter (cm)
		Female	Male		Gastric cancer	Colorectal cancer
Observation group	59	39 (66.10)	20 (33.90)	56.79 ± 9.34	26 (44.07)	33 (55.93)	2.87 ± 0.92
Control	59	38 (64.41)	21 (35.59)	55.35 ± 9.47	25 (42.37)	34 (57.63)	2.79 ± 0.88
χ2/t	-	0.037		1.447	0.035		0.483
P value	-	0.847		0.151	0.853		0.630