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. 2023 Apr 26;14(2):886–899. doi: 10.21037/jgo-23-71

Table 1. Demographic and tumor baseline characteristics of the 3 groups before and after PSM.

Clinicopathological variables Unweighted result, n (%) PSM result, n (%)
R-CC L-CC ReC P R-CC L-CC ReC P
Total 36,164 (49.3) 20,266 (27.6) 16,920 (23.1) 8,670.00 8,670.00 8,670.00
Age, years <0.001 0.25
   <60 8,017 (22.2) 7,720 (38.1) 7,527 (44.5) 1,612 (18.6) 3,624 (41.8) 4,136 (47.7)
   ≥60 28,147 (77.8) 12,546 (61.9) 9,393 (55.5) 7,058 (81.4) 5,046 (58.2) 4,534 (52.3)
Sex <0.001 0.18
   Male 16,986 (47.0) 11,029 (54.4) 10,025 (59.2) 4,188 (48.3) 4,517 (52.1) 5,089 (58.7)
   Female 19,178 (53.0) 9,237 (45.6) 6,895 (40.8) 4,482 (51.7) 4,153 (47.9) 3,581 (41.3)
Year of diagnosis 0.11 0.96
   2010–2012 17,818 (49.3) 10,209 (50.4) 8,257 (48.8) 4,370 (50.4) 4,439 (51.2) 4,309 (49.7)
   2013–2015 18,346 (50.7) 10,057 (49.6) 8,663 (51.2) 4,300 (49.6) 4,231 (48.8) 4,361 (50.3)
Histologic type <0.001 <0.001
   Adenocarcinomas 30,965 (85.6) 18,806 (92.8) 15,875 (93.8) 7,213 (83.2) 7,864 (90.7) 7,985 (92.1)
   Non-adenocarinomas 5,199 (14.4) 1,460 (7.2) 1,045 (6.2) 1,457 (16.8) 806 (9.3) 685 (7.9)
Grade <0.001 0.08
   Grade I 2,463 (6.8) 1,489 (7.3) 1,124 (6.6) 511 (5.9) 599 (6.9) 546 (6.3)
   Grade II 24,373 (67.4) 15,682 (77.4) 13,362 (79.0) 6,008 (69.3) 6,658 (76.8) 6,745 (77.8)
   Grade III 7,590 (21.0) 2,605 (12.9) 2,089 (12.3) 2,037 (23.5) 980 (11.3) 997 (11.5)
   Grade IV 1,738 (4.8) 490 (2.4) 345 (2.0) 114 (1.3) 433 (5.0) 382 (4.4)
AJCC 6th ed <0.001 0.07
   I 6,698 (18.5) 3,558 (17.6) 3,136 (18.5) 1,518 (17.5) 1,326 (15.3) 1,491 (17.2)
   II 12,555 (34.7) 6,102 (30.1) 4,652 (27.5) 3,190 (36.8) 2,462 (28.4) 2,124 (24.5)
   III 11,530 (31.9) 7,154 (35.3) 7,188 (42.5) 2,662 (30.7) 3,286 (37.9) 3,867 (44.6)
   IV 5,381 (14.9) 3,452 (17.0) 1,944 (11.5) 1,300 (15.0) 1,596 (18.4) 1,188 (13.7)
T-stage <0.001 <0.001
   T1 2,699 (7.5) 1,846 (9.1) 1,476 (8.7) 598 (6.9) 988 (11.4) 590 (6.8)
   T2 5,424 (15.0) 2,769 (13.7) 2,861 (16.9) 1,231 (14.2) 1,379 (15.9) 1,743 (20.1)
   T3 20,827 (57.6) 11,646 (57.5) 10,514 (62.1) 5,531 (63.8) 4,681 (54.0) 5,020 (57.9)
   T4 7,214 (19.9) 4,005 (19.8) 2,069 (12.2) 1,310 (15.1) 1,622 (18.7) 1,317 (15.2)
N-stage <0.001 <0.001
   N0 20,085 (55.5) 10,346 (51.1) 8,168 (48.3) 5,124 (59.1) 4,170 (48.1) 4,578 (52.8)
   N1 9,200 (25.4) 6,196 (30.6) 5,771 (34.1) 1,726 (19.9) 2,818 (32.5) 2,592 (29.9)
   N2 6,879 (19.0) 3,724 (18.4) 2,981 (17.6) 1,820 (21.0) 1,682 (19.4) 1,500 (17.3)
M-stage <0.001 <0.001
   M0 30,783 (85.1) 16,814 (83.0) 14,976 (88.5) 7,638 (88.1) 7,023 (81.0) 7,725 (89.1)
   M1 5,381 (14.9) 3,452 (17.0) 1,944 (11.5) 1,032 (11.9) 1,647 (19.0) 945 (10.9)
Combined diagnosis-liver 0.34 0.05
   Yes 3,553 (9.8) 2,591 (12.8) 1,393 (8.2) 754 (8.7) 1,162 (13.4) 806 (9.3)
   No 32,611 (90.2) 17,675 (87.2) 15,527 (91.8) 7,916 (91.3) 7,508 (86.6) 7,864 (90.7)
Surg Oth Reg/Dis <0.001 0.75
   Yes 2,844 (7.9) 1,812 (8.9) 1,352 (8.0) 533 (6.2) 660 (7.7) 815 (9.4)
   No 33,302 (92.1) 18,444 (91.0) 15,557 (91.9) 8,132 (93.8) 8,002 (92.3) 7,846 (90.6)
   Unknown 18 (0.0) 10 (0.0) 11 (0.1) 5 (0.0) 8 (0.1) 9 (0.1)
Primary tumor size <0.001 0.69
   <5 cm 19,276 (53.3) 12,369 (61.0) 10,089 (59.6) 4,552 (52.5) 5,497 (63.4) 5,297 (61.1)
   ≥5 cm 16,888 (46.7) 7,897 (39.0) 6,831 (40.4) 4,118 (47.5) 3,173 (36.6) 3,373 (38.9)
Marital status <0.001 0.04
   Married 19,787 (54.7) 11,711 (57.8) 10,149 (60.0) 4,500 (51.9) 5,115 (59.0) 5,367 (61.9)
   Single 5,117 (14.1) 3,641 (18.0) 2,897 (17.1) 1,361 (15.7) 1,587 (18.3) 1,439 (16.6)
   SDW 11,260 (31.1) 4,914 (24.2) 3,874 (22.9) 2,809 (32.4) 1,968 (22.7) 1,864 (21.5)
Radiation recode <0.001 0.08
   Yes 470 (1.3) 624 (3.1) 8,771 (51.8) 78 (0.9) 303 (3.5) 4,430 (51.1)
   No 35,964 (98.7) 19,642 (96.9) 8,149 (48.2) 8,592 (99.1) 8,367 (96.5) 4,240 (48.9)
Chemotherapy recode <0.001 0.40
   Yes 13,081 (36.2) 9,268 (45.7) 11,339 (67.0) 3,026 (34.9) 3,890 (44.9) 5,982 (69.0)
   No 23,083 (63.8) 10,998 (54.3) 5,581 (33.0) 5,644 (65.1) 4,777 (55.1) 2,688 (31.0)
LNR <0.001 <0.001
   <0.3 31,442 (86.9) 17,557 (86.6) 14,960 (88.4) 7,560 (87.2) 7,655 (88.3) 7,716 (89.0)
   ≥0.3 4,722 (13.1) 2,709 (13.4) 1,960 (11.6) 1,110 (12.8) 1,015 (11.7) 954 (11.0)
CEA level <0.001 0.13
   Positive 15,041 (41.6) 8,932 (44.1) 7,275 (43.0) 3,546 (40.9) 4,023 (46.4) 3,884 (44.8)
   Negative 21,123 (58.4) 11,334 (55.9) 9,645 (57.0) 5,124 (59.1) 4,647 (53.6) 4,786 (55.2)

The data in brackets represent the number of this item accounts for the total number of clinicopathological variables in a kind of colorectal cancer. For example, 22.2% is the number of patients whose age <60 (8,017) accounts for total number of R-CC (36,164). PSM, propensity score matching; R-CC, right-sided colon cancer; L-CC, left-sided colon cancer; ReC, rectal cancer; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; Combined diagnosis -liver, with liver metastasis; Surg Oth Reg/Dis, having surgical operation on metastatic foci; SDW, separated, divorced and widowed; LNR, lymph node ratio; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen.