Impact of continuous care on cardiac function in patients with lung cancer complicated by coronary heart disease

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants in terms of their demographics and health

Variables	Control group (n = 38)	Intervention group (n = 41)	P value
Gender
Male/female	21/17	26/15	0.46
Age (yr)	50.07 ± 5.88	51.04 ± 6.16	0.47
Body mass index (kg/m2)	24.8 ± 2.77	25.12 ± 3.97	0.76
Education level
Primary school and below	13	15	0.88
Junior and senior high school	20	19
College degree or above	8	7
Smoking
Yes	28	31	0.84
No	10	10
Alcohol drinking
Yes	20	26	0.33
No	18	15