A correlational study of Weifuchun and its clinical effect on intestinal flora in precancerous lesions of gastric cancer

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants (n = 60)

	WFC (n = 30)	Control (n = 30)	Total (n = 60)	X²	t	P
Age^a	50.37 (12.50)	53.90 (10.61)	52.13 (11.53)		1.2	0.243
Sex
Male	16 (53.33)	15 (50.00)	31 (51.67)	0.268		0.796
Female	14 (46.67)	15 (50.00)	29 (48.33)	0.268		0.796
Course of disease^a	5.57 (4.94)	5.87 (5.10)	5.72 (4.93)		0.2	0.818
Pathology
Chronic Gastritis^b
Mild	7 (23.33)	10 (33.33)	17 (28.33)	1.888		0.596
Moderate	20 (66.67)	19 (63.33)	39 (65.00)
Severe	2 (6.67)	1 (3.33)	3 (5.00)
Active Gastritis^b
Mild	11(36.67)	7 (23.33)	18 (30.00)	1.765		0.414
Moderate	3 (10.00)	2 (6.67)	5 (8.33)
Severe	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Atrophy^b
Mild	14 (46.67)	19 (63.33)	33 (55)	3.000		0.254
Moderate	12 (40)	10 (33.33)	22 (36.67)
Severe	4 (13.33)	1 (3.33)	5 (8.33)
Intestinal metaplasia^b
Mild	16 (53.33)	21 (70.00)	37 (61.67)	2.739		0.493
Moderate	10 (33.33)	7 (23.33)	17 (28.33)
Severe	3 (10.00)	2 (6.67)	5 (8.33)
Dysplasia^b
Mild	6 (20.00)	4 (13.33)	10 (16.67)	2.632		0.235
Moderate	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Severe	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Aggregate score^c	5.70 (2.00)	4.97 (1.63)			1.6	0.125
Clinical Symptoms
Aggregate score^c	15.32 (5.71)		15.92 (5.43)		3.5	0.929

^aYears, mean(SD)
^bThe number of cases meeting the diagnosis were counted and showed as cases (percent); absent cases were included when P value were calculated through two-sided X² test
^cAggregate score represented sum of all grade score including absent, mild, moderate and severe; absent, 0; mild, 1; moderate, 2; severe, 3

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