Research Article
Balance Performance in Irradiated Survivors of Nasopharyngeal Cancer with and without Tai Chi Qigong Training
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants.
| | | NPC-TC Qigong group
() | NPC-control group
() | Healthy-control group
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| | Age (year) | | | | 0.331 | | Sex (male : female) | 12 : 13 | 16 : 11 | 50 : 18 | 0.057 | | Weight (kg) | | | | | | Height (cm) | | | | 0.124 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | | <0.001 | | Reported NPC stage at diagnosis [27] | | Stage I (, %) | 5 (20%) | 2 (7.4%) | — | | | Stage II (, %) | 5 (20%) | 7 (25.9%) | — | | | Stage III (, %) | 11 (44%) | 15 (55.6%) | — | | | Stage IV (, %) | 4 (16%) | 3 (11.1%) | — | | | Post-NPC duration (year) | | | — | 0.094 | | NPC treatment received | | Radiotherapy (, %) | 17 (68%) | 9 (33.3%) | — | | | Radiotherapy and chemotherapy (, %) | 7 (28%) | 18 (66.6%) | — | | | Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery (, %) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | — | |
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The mean ± standard deviation is presented for the continuous variables.
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