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% |