Selective lateral lymph node dissection after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer

Table 6 Risk factors for pathological lateral lymph node metastasis after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, n = 63

Variables	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
	P value	95%CI	P value
Sex	0.259	0.184-2.697	0.609
Male
Female
Age	0.987	0.242-3.269	0.889
≥ 60
< 60
cT stage	0.003	1.419-18.508	0.013
cT3
cT4
Histological type	0.183	1.038-15.520	0.044
Poor
Moderate/well
Short-axis	0.135	1.487-38.214	0.015
5-7 mm
≥ 7 mm
Mixed signal intensity of LLN	0.739	0.342-4.894	0.705
Yes
No
Border irregularity of LLN	0.315	0.119-1.675	0.232
Yes
No

LLN: Lateral lymph node.