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Table. 2.

Comparison of characteristics between participants with good SRH and poor SRH (N=218)

Variable	Good SRH		Poor SRH		P-value
Variable	N	%	N	%	P-value
Age (y)					0.377^a
≤40	1	20.00	4	80.00
>40, ≤60	36	40.91	52	59.09
>60	40	32.00	85	68.00
Sex					0.259^b
Male	46	38.66	73	61.34
Female	31	31.31	68	68.69
BMI					0.730^a
<18.5	4	30.77	9	69.23
≥18.5, <25	45	35.16	83	64.84
≥25	28	36.36	49	63.64
Education (y)					0.147^b
≤12	63	37.95	103	62.05
>12	14	26.92	38	73.08
Marital status					0.183^b
Married	61	37.89	100	62.11
Single, divorced, or separated	16	28.07	41	71.93
Smoking status					0.423^a
Non-smoker	37	33.33	74	66.67
Ex-smoker	33	36.26	58	63.74
Current smoker	7	43.75	9	56.25
Alcohol consumption					0.074^a
Non-drinker	39	30.47	89	69.53
Moderate drinker	20	37.04	34	62.96
Heavy drinker	18	50.00	18	50.00
Stress					0.004^a
None	16	55.17	13	44.83
Moderate	42	37.17	71	62.83
Severe	19	36.39	57	63.61
Depressive mood					0.042^b
No	55	40.44	81	59.56
Yes	22	26.83	60	73.17
Cancer type					0.029^b
Gastrointestinal cancer	33	50.00	33	50.00
Lung cancer	10	35.71	18	64.29
Liver/pancreas cancer	17	25.00	51	75.00
Breast/cervical cancer	6	24.00	19	76.00
Etc.	11	35.48	20	64.52
Survival period (y)					0.008^b
<5	69	18.18	105	81.82
≥5	8	39.66	36	60.34
Stage					0.846^a
I	6	28.57	15	71.43
II	14	41.18	20	58.82
III	13	40.63	19	59.38
IV	44	33.59	87	66.41
Distant metastasis
No	39	41.49	55	58.51	0.097
Yes	38	30.65	86	69.35
Chemotherapy					0.089^b
No	2	14.29	12	85.71
Yes	75	36.76	129	63.24
Radiotherapy					0.082^b
No	59	39.07	92	60.93
Yes	18	26.87	49	73.13
Diseases or conditions					0.504^b
No	15	31.25	33	68.75
Yes	62	36.47	108	63.53
Diabetes, yes	38	36.80	65	63.11	0.646^b
Hypertension, yes	25	34.25	48	65.75	0.814^b
Dyslipidemia, yes	10	35.71	18	64.29	0.963^b

SRH, self-rated health.

^aP for trends were calculated by liner by liner association for (2×n) data. ^bP-values were calculated by Pearson chi-square test for (2×2) data.