Multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment nutritional support intervention for gastrointestinal tumor radiotherapy: Impact on nutrition and quality of life

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

Items		MDT group (n = 60)	Control group (n = 60)	Statistical value	P value
Age (yr)	≤ 65	55.58 ± 1.09	53.66 ± 1.05	1.272	0.209
	> 65	73.48 ± 0.77	73.62 ± 0.86	0.119	0.996
Sex	Male	14	16	0.067	0.796
	Female	15	15
Simultaneous chemotherapy treatments	Yes	11	12	0.071	0.791
	No	19	18
Tumor type	Stomach cancer	5	6	0.292	0.962
	Cancer of the esophagus	7	8
	Intestinal cancer	12	11
	Other cancer	6	5
Lymph node metastasis	Yes	14	13	0.067	0.795
	No	16	17

MDT: Multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment.