Effect of multidimensional nursing on low anterior resection syndrome after sphincter preservation surgery for low rectal cancer

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between patients with and without the nursing intervention, n (%)

Group		Control	Observation	χ2/t	P value
Sex	Male	38 (63.33)	35 (58.33)	0.315	0.575
	Female	22 (36.67)	25 (41.67)
Age (mean ± SD)		62.25 ± 5.06	62.40 ± 5.11	0.162	0.872
BMI (mean ± SD, kg/m2)		22.50 ± 1.72	22.45 ± 1.75	0.158	0.875
TNM	I	12 (20.00)	11 (18.33)	0.161	0.923
	II	29 (48.33)	28 (46.67)
	III	19 (31.67)	21 (35.00)

BMI: Body mass index; TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis.