Table 2 Patient characteristics
From: The economic burden of advanced gastric cancer in Taiwan
| Patient characteristics |
Total (n = 118) |
|---|---|
| Age, mean ± SD | 59.6 ± 12.9 |
| Follow-up days, mean ± SD | 397 ± 300 |
| Being male | 63.6% |
| Smoking history | |
| Non-smoker | 64.4% |
| Current smoker | 17.8% |
| Former smoker | 12.7% |
| Unknown | 5.1% |
| Alcohol consumption | |
| No alcohol use | 67.0% |
| Light to moderate | 25.4% |
| Heavy | 2.5% |
| Unknown | 5.1% |
| A history of Helicobacter pylori infection | |
| Yes | 17.8% |
| No | 43.2% |
| Unknown | 39.0% |
| A family history of gastric cancer | |
| Yes | 4.2% |
| No | 84.8% |
| Unknown | 11.0% |
| Patients alive at the time of data collection | 43.2% |
