Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2012; 18(8): 806-813
Published online Feb 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i8.806
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients
Right hemicolectomyLow/anterior resection
NC groupC groupP valueNC groupC groupP value
(n = 263)(n = 26)(n = 827)(n = 67)
Age at surgery (yr)162.7 (28-87)65.1 (39-87)0.31462.4 (21-92)62.3 (38-85)0.980
Gender (%)0.8930.053
Male125 (47.5)12 (46.2)495 (59.9)32 (47.8)
Female138 (52.5)14 (53.8)332 (40.1)35 (52.2)
BMI (kg/m2)123.9 (14-22.9)23.1 (18.6-30.3)0.73123.5 (14.4-40.5)24.1 (16.8-31.9)0.105
ASA score (%)0.5100.666
I153 (58.2)15 (57.7)469 (56.7)40 (59.7)
II97 (36.9)10 (38.5)313 (37.8)25 (37.3)
III13 (4.9)1 (3.8)45 (5.4)2 (3)
History of abdominal surgery (%)53 (20.2)5 (19.2)0.911187 (22.6)16 (23.9)0.812
Type of resection0.602
Right hemicolectomy268 (100)26 (100)
Anterior resection350 (42.3)29 (43.3)
Low anterior resection397 (48)34 (50.7)
Colo-anal anastomosis80 (9.7)4 (6)