Misalignment in Multicol enviroment (Knitr)

I'm using Knitr to generate a PDF report where each page is structured using the multicol environment. The layout consists of two columns:

The first column contains a table.The second column contains a ggsurvminer-generated plot.

However, the issue I'm facing is that the plot starts higher than the table, causing misalignment between the two elements. Ideally, I want both to be aligned at the same level on the page.

MRE:

#```{r config, include=FALSE}newslide <- function(content) {  code <- deparse(substitute(content))  cat(sep = "\n",    knitr::knit_child(      quiet = TRUE,      text = c("```{r dpi=600, warning=FALSE, message=FALSE, echo=FALSE, results='asis', escape = TRUE}",    code, "```")      )  )}#```#```{r latex, echo=FALSE, results = 'asis', escape = "TRUE"}plot_list <- list()category <- c("A","B","C")for (cat in category){  fit <- survfit(Surv(time, status) ~ sex, data = lung)  p <- ggsurvplot(fit, data = lung)plot_list[[cat]] <- p}for (cat in category){  plot1 <- plot_list[[cat]]$plot #I've also tried without "$plot"  table1_latex <- kable(head(lung), format = "latex")      newslide(  content = {        cat("\\begin{multicols}{2}\n")        cat("\\noindent\n")        print(table1_latex)        cat("\\columnbreak\n")        cat("\\begin{center}\n")        print(plot1)        cat("\n")        cat("\\end{center}\n")        cat("\\end{multicols}\n")  })}

As you can see in the screenshot from my original code, the plot is even overlapping the header before it:Image may be NSFW.
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Thank you for any suggestions!