Effects of gastrointestinal motility therapy combined with acupuncture on gastrointestinal function in patients after laparoscopic radical surgery

Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics, n (%)

Group	Sex		Age (years)	Disease type		BMI (kg/m2)	Staging of TNM
	Male	Female		Gastric cancer	Colorectal cancer		Phase I	Phase II	Phase III	Phase IV
Integrated group (n = 100)	60	40	58.16 ± 9.27	46 (46.00)	54 (54.00)	23.53 ± 2.44	21	26	36	17
Normal group (n = 96)	59	37	57.86 ± 10.05	41 (42.70)	55 (57.29)	23.46 ± 2.52	19	26	32	19
χ2/t	0.015		0.214	0.215		0.196	0.043
P value	0.834		0.831	0.643		0.845	0.947

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