Efficacy, Safety, and Overall Quality of Life of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Colorectal Cancer in Elderly Patients

Table 4

The QL-Index scores between elderly and nonelderly groups.

	Number (n)	Activities	Daily life	Health	Support	Overall situation	Total score
Elderly group	109	1.52 ± 0.45	1.56 ± 0.52	1.42 ± 0.47	1.37 ± 0.28	1.52 ± 0.39	7.44 ± 1.95
Nonelderly group	270	1.70 ± 0.46	1.65 ± 0.25	1.46 ± 0.28	1.45 ± 0.33	1.58 ± 0.37	7.80 ± 1.83
value		0.416	0.502	0.663	0.627	0.764	0.562