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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of male post-ESCC patients

From: Improvement of postoperative quality of life in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: does tea consumption have a role?

Variable

Non-tea-drinking [n (%)]

Tea-drinking [n (%)]

χ2

P value

Age (year)

  

3.818

0.051

  < 60

71 (43.6%)

70 (55.1%)

  

  ≥ 60

92 (56.4%)

57 (44.9%)

Income

  

1.209

0.272

  < 2000

37 (22.7%)

36 (28.3%)

  

  ≥ 2000

126 (77.3%)

91 (71.7%)

Chemotherapy

  

0.193

0.660

 No

108 (66.3%)

81 (63.8%)

  

 Yes

55 (33.7%)

46 (36.2%)

TNM stage

  

0.692

0.405

 I/II stage

87 (53.4%)

74 (58.3%)

  

 III stage

76 (46.6%)

53 (41.7%)

Types of tea drinking

  

–

–

 Non-fermented

–

36 (12.4%)

  

 Semi-fermentation

–

61 (21.0%)

  

 fully fermented

–

18 (6.2%)

  

 Other tea

–

12 (4.1%)

  

Frequency of tea drinking

  

–

–

  <  5times/week

–

35 (27.6%)

  

  ≥ 5times/week

–

92 (72.4%)

  

Duration of tea drinking (year)

  

–

–

  < 30

–

64(53.3%)

  

  ≥ 30

–

56(46.7%)

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