Nutritional status and quality of life of the gastric cancer patients in Changle County of China

Table 3 Means of nutrition intake in three groups of the patients by sex.

Nutrition mean	Total score of quality of life for male				Total score of quality of life for female
	<60	60-80	>80	P1	<60	60-80	>80	P1
Calorie (kJ)	6947.93	7355.12	8301.17	0.08	6404.58	6726.34	13912.84	<0.001
Protein (g)	61.51	62.82	78.41	0.028	46.84	56.99	133.05	<0.001
Calcium (mg)	526.7	497.21	653.87	0.07	418.37	467.87	973.14	<0.001
Iron (mg)	21.22	20	27.98	0.034	15.01	18.6	46.67	0.002
Zinc (mg)	12.78	12.71	18.38	0.002	10.24	12.54	23.7	0.025
Selenium (mg)	24.33	24.98	30.74	0.028	20.38	23.89	40.58	0.122
Thiamine (mg)	1.48	1.57	1.82	0.045	1.35	1.42	2.76	0.007
Riboflavin (mg)	1.41	1.41	1.88	0.015	1.06	1.36	3.02	0.001
Niacin (mg)	11.72	13.36	16.39	0.036	10.89	12.45	27.35	0.007
Vitamin C (mg)	94.95	79.87	98.03	0.551	69.99	81.91	95.31	0.865

¹P value derived from the analysis of variance among three groups.