Effect of graded nutritional intervention on elderly colorectal cancer patients’ postop status

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data between the two groups

Group	n	Sex (cases)		Age (years), mean ± SD	Tumor type (cases)		Clinical staging (cases)		Education level (cases)
		Male	Female		Colon cancer	Rectal cancer	Stage I	Stage II	Junior high school or lower	Senior high school	University or higher
Research group	61	35	26	73.66 ± 4.82	31	30	26	35	16	28	17
Control group	65	36	29	73.31 ± 5.76	39	26	32	33	14	30	21
χ2/t	-	0.051		0.369	1.074		0.553		0.497
P value	-	0.822		0.713	0.300		0.457		0.780