Impact of nutritional support on immunity, nutrition, inflammation, and outcomes in elderly gastric cancer patients after surgery

Table 1 Comparison of basic characteristics of patients in the two groups, n (%)

Feature	Nutritional support group (n = 60)	Control group (n = 60)	P value
Age	75.2 ± 3.1	74.8 ± 3.5	0.412
Gender: Male/female	32/28	30/30	0.754
Pathological type
Adenocarcinoma	50 (83.3)	48 (80.0)	0.623
Mucinous adenocarcinoma	7 (11.7)	9 (15.0)	0.521
Other	3 (5.0)	3 (5.0)	1.000
Surgical approach
Radical resection	55 (91.7)	56 (93.3)	0.654
Gastrectomy	5 (8.3)	4 (6.7)	0.754