An Evaluation of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients.

Demographics	Group I	Group II	P values
Sex (male/female)	75/37	69/51	0.773
Age (year)	45.9±9.8	45.5±9.3	0.672
Heights (cm)	166.5±6.1	165.2±5.8	0.914
Body weight (kg/m^2)	57.6±10.3	59.9±7.6	0.254
Concurrent illness
Hypertension	21	24	.ns*
Pulmonary tuberculosis	4	3	.ns
Diabetes mellitus	13	10	.ns
COPD*	11	14	.ns
Cholelithiasis	16	22	.ns
GERD*	5	7	.ns
Endometriosis	4	4	.ns
Others	13	16	.ns

∗COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; *GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease; ns: not significant.