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Table 1 General information of two groups of patients (n = 64)

From: Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for postoperative cognitive dysfunction in geriatric patients with gastrointestinal tumor: a randomized controlled trial

Characteristics

TEAS group (n = 32)

Sham TEAS group (n = 32)

P

Age

69.28±7.04

72.06±6.91

0.116a

Gender (man/woman), n

22/10

24/8

0.578b

BMI

21.73±3.28

23.02±2.98

0.103a

Education level (years)

6.41±3.87

6.63±3.60

0.816a

Mode of residence

  

0.637c

Living alone

3

2

 

Living with spouse

14

18

 

Living with children

15

12

 

History of surgery, n (0/1/2)

14/14/4

19/9/4

0.416c

Preoperative drugs(0/1/2/3/4/5), n

12/12/6/1/1/0

13/11/3/0/3/2

0.481c

Smoking index level, n

  

0.968c

Smoking index = 0

11

12

 

0 < smoking index < 200

10

8

 

200 ≤ smoking index ≤ 400

8

8

 

Smoking index > 400

3

4

 

Drinking, n (yes/no)

18/14

16/16

0.616b

Exercise time per week (h)

  

0.791c

 0–3.4

19

17

 

 3.5–6.9

6

6

 

 7–10.4

5

8

 

 ≥ 10.5

2

1

 

Preoperative frailty

4.09±2.91

4.28±2.04

0.766a

ASA (II/III), n

13/19

18/14

0.211b

Operation type (1/2/3/4/5/6), n

12/7/0/3/0/10

12/12/8/2/5/1/4

0.306c

Operation duration

2.67±0.78

2.65±0.76

0.916a

Anesthesia duration

3.33±0.99

3.22±0.90

0.667a

  1. Notes: aindependent sample t test; bchi-squared test; cFisher’s exact test
  2. Abbreviations: Operation type: 1 = Radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer; 2 = Laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer; 3 = Radical resection of colon cancer; 4 = Laparoscopic radical resection of colon cancer; 5 = Radical resection of rectal cancer; 6 = Laparoscopic radical resection of rectal cancer