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Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample |
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| Patients with pain (n = 98) |
Patients without pain (n = 44) |
P value |
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| No. (%) |
No. (%) |
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| Age (mean, SD) |
54.2 (14.2) |
54.6 (14.2) |
0.82 |
| Education (mean, SD) |
3.3 (4.4) |
4.5 (5.7) |
0.21 |
| Sex |
0.57 |
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| Male |
53 (54.1) |
26 (59.1) |
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| Female |
45 (45.9) |
18 (40.9) |
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| Marital status |
0.1 |
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| Married |
84 (85.7) |
38 (86.4) |
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| Single |
7 (7.1) |
6 (13.6) |
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| Widowed |
7 (7.1) |
0 (0) |
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| Cancer site |
0.18 |
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| Esophagus |
29 (29.6) |
12 (27.3) |
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| Stomach |
29 (29.6) |
13 (29.5) |
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| Small intestine |
5 (5.1) |
0 (0) |
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| Colon |
17 (17.3) |
14 (31.8) |
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| Rectum |
18 (18.4) |
5 (11.4) |
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Tavoli et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:177 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-177 |
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