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Table 1 Characteristics of patients who had permanent stoma surgery for the treatment of rectal cancer

From: Permanent stoma: a quality outcome in treatment of rectal cancer and its impact on length of stay

Variable

Permanent Stoma

Total (Nā€‰=ā€‰2630)

p-value

Yes (Nā€‰=ā€‰552)

No (Nā€‰=ā€‰2078)

Sex

Ā Females

206 (37.3%)

848 (40.8%)

1054 (40.1%)

0.141

Ā Males

346 (62.7%)

1230 (59.1%)

1576 (59.9%)

Age

Ā Median (Range)

66.0 (32.0, 94.0)

63.0 (22.0, 97.0)

63.0 (22.0, 97.0)

<ā€‰0.012

Ā Mean (SD)

65.1 (12.0)

62.2 (12.2)

62.8 (12.2)

Race

Ā White

427 (77.3%)

1519 (73.09%)

1946 (74.0%)

0.021

Ā African American

44 (7.9%)

132 (6.4%)

176 (6.7%)

Ā Hispanic or Latino

73 (13.2%)

370 (17.8%)

443 (16.8%)

Ā Missing

8

57

65

Elixhauser Score

Ā 0

134 (24.2%)

624 (30.0%)

758 (28.8%)

0.011

Ā 1ā€“2

257 (46.5%)

984 (47.3%)

1241 (47.2%)

Ā 3ā€“5

161 (29.1%)

470 (22.6%)

631 (24.0%)

Metastatic cancer

Ā No

401 (72.6%)

1682 (80.9%)

2083 (79.2%)

<ā€‰0.011

Ā Yes

151 (27.3%)

396 (19.0%)

547 (20.8%)

Obesity

Ā No

479 (86.8%)

1791 (86.1%)

2270 (86.3%)

0.721

Ā Yes

73 (13.2%)

287 (13.8%)

360 (13.7%)

Patient Payer

Ā Medicare

147 (26.6%)

416 (20.0%)

563 (21.4%)

<ā€‰0.011

Ā Medicare Managed Care

121 (21.9%)

407 (19.5%)

528 (20.1%)

Ā Medicaid

46 (8.3%)

123 (5.9%)

169 (6.4%)

Ā Commercial

205 (37.1%)

1041 (50.0%)

1246 (47.4%)

Ā Self-Pay/Uninsured

33 (6.0%)

91 (4.3%)

124 (4.7%)

Patient Region

Ā Southwest Florida

108 (19.6%)

313 (15.0%)

421 (16.7%)

0.051

Ā Northeast Florida

48 (8.7%)

233 (11.2%)

281 (11.1%)

Ā Northwest Florida

36 (6.5%)

108 (5.1%)

144 (5.7%)

Ā Southeast Florida

101 (18.3%)

371 (17.9%)

472 (18.7%)

Ā Central Florida

97 (17.6%)

384 (18.4%)

481 (19.0%)

Ā South Florida

41 (7.4%)

254 (12.2%)

295 (11.7%)

Ā West Central Florida

88 (15.9%)

343 (16.5%)

431 (17.1%)

Ā Missing

33

72

105

Patient county

Ā Rural

37 (6.7%)

104 (5.0%)

141 (5.6%)

0.091

Ā Urban

482 (87.3%)

1902 (91.5%)

2384 (94.4%)

Ā Missing

33

72

105

Year

Ā 2015

43 (7.8%)

184 (8.9%)

227 (8.6%)

0.361

Ā 2016

192 (34.8%)

759 (36.5%)

951 (36.2%)

Ā 2017

148 (26.8%)

576 (27.7%)

724 (27.5%)

Ā 2018

169 (30.6%)

559 (27.0%)

728 (27.7%)

Length of Stay (Days)

Ā Median (Range)

6.0 (1.0, 14.0)

5.0 (1.0, 14.0)

5.0 (1.0, 14.0)

<ā€‰0.012

Ā Mean (SD)

6.6 (2.9)

5.4 (2.8)

5.6 (2.8)

Surgical approach

Ā Open surgery

306 (55.4%)

868 (41.2%)

1174 (47.6%)

<ā€‰0.011

Ā Minimally invasive surgery

196 (35.5%)

1097 (52.8%)

1293 (52.4%)

Ā Missing

50

113

163

  1. 1Chi-Square p-value
  2. 2Kruskalā€“Wallis p-value