Research Article
[Retracted] Clinical Study on Prevention of Irinotecan-Induced Delayed-Onset Diarrhea by Hot Ironing with Moxa Salt Packet on Tianshu and Shangjuxu
Table 3
Comparison of general items for both groups.
| | Items | Research group (n = 60) | Control group (n = 60) | t/χ2 | |
| | Age (years old) | 56.07 ± 8.20 | 57.22 ± 9.02 | 0.731 | 0.466 | | Gender (n, %) | | | 0.315 | 0.575 | | Male | 35 (58.33) | 38 (63.33) | | | | Female | 25 (41.67) | 22 (36.67) | | | | Education level (n, %) | | | 1.244 | 0.743 | | ≤Primary School | 18 (30.00) | 22 (36.67) | | | | Junior high school/technical secondary school | 20 (33.33) | 19 (31.67) | | | | High school | | | | | | Junior college | 15 (25.00) | 15 (25.00) | | | | ≥Undergraduate | 7 (11.67) | 4 (6.66) | | | | Disease site (n, %) | | | 0.543 | 0.461 | | Colon cancer | 32 (53.33) | 36 (60.00) | | | | Rectal cancer | 28 (46.67) | 24 (40.00) | | | | Metastasis (n, %) | | | 1.978 | 0.740 | | Liver metastases | 27 (45.00) | 22 (36.67) | | | | Pulmonary metastases | 15 (25.00) | 17 (28.33) | | | | Simultaneous liver and lung metastases | 5 (8.33) | 8 (13.33) | | | | Abdominal and pelvic lymph nodes metastasis | 7 (11.67) | 9 (15.00) | | | | Other site metastases | 6 (10.00) | 4 (6.67) | | | | Differentiation degree (n, %) | | | 2.209 | 0.530 | | Highly differentiated adenocarcinoma | 17 (28.33) | 20 (33.33) | | | | Intermediate differentiated adenocarcinoma | 24 (40.00) | 23 (38.33) | | | | Lowly differentiated adenocarcinoma | 8 (13.33) | 11 (18.34) | | | | Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 11 (18.34) | 6 (10.00) | | |
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