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Table 1 Clinical and pathological characteristics of elderly patients with colorectal cancer before and after matching

From: Laparoscopic vs open colorectal cancer surgery in elderly patients: short- and long-term outcomes and predictors for overall and disease-free survival

Variables

Total cohort

Matched cohort

OPEN (n = 143)

LAP (n = 170)

P

OPEN (n = 93)

LAP (n = 93)

P

Age (years, mean ± SD) (range)

82.3 ± 2.1 (80–92)

82 ± 2.1 (80–94)

0.280

82.1 ± 2.1 (80–92)

82.0 ± 2.2 (80–94)

0.814

Gender

  

0.445

  

0.655

 Male

91 (63.6%)

101 (59.4%)

 

56 (60.2%)

53 (57%)

 

 Female

52 (36.4%)

69 (40.6%)

 

37 (39.8%)

40 (43%)

 

BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD) (range)

22.7 ± 3.3 (15.8–33.8)

23.7 ± 3.3 (15.6–34.1)

0.009

23.4 ± 3.0 (15.8–33.8)

23.2 ± 3.3 (16.8–34.1)

0.703

Preoperative HGB (g/L, mean ± SD) (range)

120.0 ± 19.1 (49–165)

124.5 ± 18.7 (62–161)

0.045

120.2 ± 19.6 (49–165)

121.5 ± 19.2 (62–161)

0.645

Preoperative albumin (g/L, mean ± SD) (range)

37.2 ± 4.3 (26.8–46.2)

40.2 ± 4.1 (29.1–46.8)

< 0.001

38.4 ± 4.0 (29.5–46.2)

38.9 ± 4.0 (29.1–46.2)

0.409

ASA score

  

< 0.001

  

0.378

 I-II

52 (36.4%)

111 (65.3%)

 

47 (50.5%)

53 (57%)

 

 III-IV

91 (63.6%)

59 (34.7%)

 

46 (49.5%)

40 (43%)

 

Comorbidity

  

0.008

  

0.761

 Yes

83 (58.0%)

123 (72.4%)

 

60 (64.5%)

58 (62.4%)

 

 No

60 (42.0%)

47 (27.6%)

 

33 (35.5%)

35 (37.6%)

 

Previous abdominal surgery

  

0.456

  

0.721

 Yes

30 (21.0%)

30 (17.6%)

 

19 (20.4%)

21 (22.6%)

 

 No

113 (79.0)

140 (82.4)

 

74 (79.6)

72 (77.4)

 

Tumor location

  

0.007

  

0.698

 Right colon

51 (35.7%)

39 (23%)

 

32 (34.4%)

31 (33.3%)

 

 Left colon

10 (6.9%)

4 (2.3%)

 

7 (7.5%)

4 (4.3%)

 

 Sigmoid colon

31 (21.7%)

42 (24.7%)

 

21 (22.6%)

19 (20.4%)

 

 Rectum

51 (35.7%)

85 (50%)

 

33 (35.5%)

39 (42%)

 

Tumor differentiation

  

0.029

  

0.895

 Poor

29 (20.3%)

45 (26.5%)

 

23 (24.7%)

24 (25.8%)

 

 Median

105 (73.4%)

123 (72.4%)

 

67 (72%)

67 (72%)

 

 High

9 (6.3%)

2 (1.1%)

 

3 (3.3%)

2 (2.1%)

 

TNM stage*

  

0.213

  

0.860

 I

8 (5.6%)

12 (7.1%)

 

8 (8.6%)

10 (10.8%)

 

 II

45 (31.5%)

43 (25.3%)

 

30 (32.2%)

27 (29.0%)

 

 III

83 (58.0%)

112 (65.8%)

 

53 (57.0%)

55 (59.1%)

 

 IV

7 (4.9%)

3 (1.8%)

 

2 (2.2%)

1 (1.1%)

 

Preoperative CEA (ng/mL)

     

0.503

 ≤ 5

102 (71.3%)

133 (78.2%)

0.159

67 (72%)

71 (76.3%)

 

 > 5

41 (28.7%)

37 (21.8%)

 

26 (28%)

22 (23.7%)

 
  1. OPEN open surgery; LAP laparoscopic surgery; BMI body mex index; HGB hemoglobin; ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists; TNM tumor nodes metastasis; CEA carcinoembryonic antigen; SD standard deviation; * evaluated based on 7th edition of AJCC