Effects of high-quality nursing on surgical site wound infections after colostomy in patients with colorectal cancer

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the two groups (n, mean ± SD)

Classification	Control group (n = 40)	Research group (n = 40)	χ2/t	P value
Gender			0.051	0.822
Male	21	23
Female	19	17
Age (year)	56.73 ± 3.27	57.38 ± 3.45	0.126	0.872
BMI (kg/m2)	23.57 ± 2.48	23.82 ± 2.74	0.757	0.406
Tumor location			0.200	0.447
Colon	21	18
Rectum	19	22
TNM staging			0.495	0.781
I	10	12
II	18	15
III	12	13
Duke’s staging			0.915	0.633
A	22	26
B	12	10
C	6	4

BMI: Body mass index.