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Table 1 Comparison of patient characteristics with DLI after AR grouped according to the time (2007–2009) and (2016–2018)

From: Defunctioning stoma in anterior resection for rectal cancer does not impact anastomotic leakage: a national population-based cohort study

 

2007–2009

n = 1345

2016–2018

n = 1387

p-value

Age (years)

66 (60–73)

67 (60–73)

0.381

Gender (male)

854 (63.5)

852 (61.4)

0.272

ASA

  

0.001 2

 ASA1-2

1128 (83.9)

1092 (78.7)

 

 ASA3-4

189 (14.1)

271 (19.5)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

  

0.001 2

 <30

1063 (79)

1127 (81.3)

 

 ≥30

165 (12.3)

244 (17.6)

 

Missing data

117 (8.7)

16 (1.2)

 

Tumor location*

  

0.001 3

 11–15 cm

474 (35.2)

515 (37.1)

 

 6–10 cm

799 (59.4)

842 (60.7)

 

 0–5 cm

64 (3.4)

23 (1.7)

 

pTumor stage

  

0.001 3

 T0

35 (2.6)

29 (2.1)

 

 T1-2

479 (35.6)

554 (39.9)

 

 T3-4

818 (60.8)

803 (57.9)

 

 Tx

11 (0.8)

0

 

pN stage

  

0.173

 N0

810 (60.2)

857 (61.8)

 

 N1-N2

522 (38.8)

523 (37.7)

 

 Nx

12 (0.9)

5 (0.4)

 

cM stage

  

0.001 3

 M0

1229 (91.4)

1220 (90.7)

 

 M1

81 (6)

74 (5.5)

 

 Mx

33 (2.5)

0

 

Missing data

2 (0.1)

93 (6.9)

 

Neoadjuvant therapy

971 (72.2)

876 (63.2)

0.001 2

Laparoscopic index AR

73 (5.4)

815 (58.8)

0.001 2

High ligation of IMA

601 (44.7)

766 (55.2)

0.001 2

Intraoperative perforation

28 (2.1)

28 (2)

0.9532

Hospital stay (days)

7 (6–11)

8 (6–13)

0.001 1

Adjuvant therapy

398 (29.6)

232 (16.7)

0.001 2

Missing data

22 (1.6)

709 (51.1)

 
  1. 1Mann-Whitney U
  2. 2Fisher’s exact test
  3. 3Chi-squared test
  4. *cm for anal verge
  5. ASA, American society of anesthesiologists, BMI, body mass index, pT, pathological tumor stage, pN, pathological lymph node stage, cM, clinical metastasis, IMA, inferior mesenteric artery
  6. Values are shown in numbers and percentages in parentheses for categorical variables. Continuous variables are expressed as median and interquartile ranges