Gut Microbiota and Depressive Symptoms at the End of CRT for Rectal Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study

Table 2

Study participants’ () demographic and clinical characteristics.

Characteristics	Participants ()
Gender
M	23 (58%)
Occupation
Working	17 (42%)
Retired	13 (33%)
Handicapped	10 (25%)
Chemotherapy
5FU	17 (42%)
Xeloda	23 (58%)
	Median (IQR)
Age	58 (53, 67)
Tumor stage	3 (3, 3)
Number of treatments	28 (23, 33)
BMI	27.5 (23.6, 30.1)
Hemoglobin	11.8 (10.7, 13.2)

BMI = body mass index.