Effect of Nutrition Risk Screening 2002-guided enteral nutrition on nutritional status in gastrointestinal tumor patients

Table 1 General data comparison, mean ± SD/n

General information	Observation group (n = 56)	Control group (n = 56)	t/χ2	P value
Average age, years	68.80 ± 4.11	68.70 ± 4.28	0.126	0.900
Gender
Male	36	31	0.929	0.335
Female	20	25
ECOG score			0.175	0.982
1	24	26
2	18	17
3	8	7
4	6	6
Average BMI, kg/m²	20.44 ± 1.11	20.28 ± 1.35	0.685	0.495
Tumor location			0.150	0.928
Stomach	21	23
Rectum	18	17
Colon	17	16
Adjuvant therapy, radiotherapy/chemotherapy	30/26	31/25	0.036	0.850
Tumor stage			0.000	1.000
Stage I	30	27
Stage II	18	19
Stage III	6	7
Stage IV	2	3

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status score is ranging from 0 (fully active) to 4 (severely disabled). Tumor location indicates the primary site of the tumor (stomach, rectum, or colon). Adjuvant therapy indicates the additional treatment received (radiotherapy or chemotherapy). Tumor stage indicates the tumor stage according to the tumor-node-metastasis classification system. ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; BMI: Body mass index.