Table 1 The clinical characteristics and cancer type distribution between males and females in end-of-life patients with advanced cancers
Characteristics | End-of-life patients (n = 27) | χ2 / Fisher’s exact test | Mann- Whitney U | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Males (n = 12) | Females (n = 15) | ||||||
n (%)/ Median (IQR) | p | pb | ||||||
Clinical index | ||||||||
Age (yrs) | 62.0 | (58.0–72.0) | 61.0 | (58.0–72.8) | 68.0 | (60.0–72.0) | 0.462 | |
Education level (yrs) | ||||||||
≤ 9 | 13 | (59.1%) | 7 | (70.0%) | 6 | (50.0%) | 0.415a | |
> 9 | 9 | (40.9%) | 3 | (30.0%) | 6 | (50.0%) | ||
BMI | 21.0 | (20.0–25.0) | 22.0 | (20.0–25.3) | 21.0 | (17.0–25.0) | 1.000 | |
Estimated survival (days) | 9.0 | (4.0–19.0) | 9.0 | (2.5–18.5) | 12.0 | (4.0–19.0) | 0.509 | |
ECOG status (bedridden time(%)) | ||||||||
< 100% | 12 | (44.4%) | 5 | (41.7%) | 7 | (46.7%) | 0.795a | |
100% | 15 | (55.6%) | 7 | (58.3%) | 8 | (53.3%) | ||
ADL | 0.0 | (0.0–10.0) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 | (0.0–15.0) | 0.290 | |
Glasgow coma scale | 14.0 | (9.0–15.0) | 14.5 | (5.0–15.0) | 14.0 | (12.0–15.0) | 0.701 | |
Palliative prognosis index | 8.0 | (6.0–14.3) | 10.5 | (5.0–14.8) | 8.0 | (6.0–11.3) | 0.547 | |
Limb edema index (0–16 scores) | 3.0 | (0.5–7.0) | 2.0 | (0.0–4.0) | 5.0 | (1.0–7.0) | 0.154 | |
Limb edema | ||||||||
Index > 0 | 5 | (19.2%) | 3 | (27.3%) | 2 | (13.3%) | 0.620a | |
Index =0 | 21 | (80.8%) | 8 | (72.7%) | 13 | (86.7%) | ||
Bacterial amount level | ||||||||
Low | 17 | (65.4%) | 10 | (83.3%) | 7 | (50.0%) | 0.110a | |
High | 9 | (34.6%) | 2 | (16.7%) | 7 | (50.0%) | ||
Cancer type distribution | ||||||||
Colon, rectum, rectosigmoid junction and anus (%) | 7 | (25.9%) | 2 | (16.7%) | 5 | (33.3%) | 0.612a | |
Trachea, bronchus and lung (%) | 6 | (22.2%) | 2 | (16.7%) | 4 | (26.7%) | ||
Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (%) | 3 | (11.1%) | 2 | (16.7%) | 1 | (6.7%) | ||
Others | 11 | (40.7%) | 6 | (50.0%) | 5 | (33.3%) | ||