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. 2023 Nov 16;15(22):5451. doi: 10.3390/cancers15225451

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Baseline Characteristics Resected Primary
Tumor
No (n = 486) Yes (n = 513) Total (n = 999) p-Value
Age (years) 0.7309 1
N 486 513 999
Mean (SD) 59.0 (9.4) 58.7 (9.9) 58.8 (9.7)
Median 60.0 60.0 60.0
Range 33.0, 75.0 29.0, 75.0 29.0, 75.0
Age, n (%) 0.9412 2
<70 years 417 (85.8%) 441 (86.0%) 858 (85.9%)
≥70 years 69 (14.2%) 72 (14.0%) 141 (14.1%)
Treatment arm, n (%) 0.8267 2
Doublets CT + bevacizumab 242 (49.8%) 259 (50.5%) 501 (50.2%)
FOLFOXIRI + bevacizumab 244 (50.2%) 254 (49.5%) 498 (49.8%)
Gender, n (%) 0.0087 2
Female 181 (37.2%) 233 (45.4%) 414 (41.4%)
Male 305 (62.8%) 280 (54.6%) 585 (58.6%)
ECOG PS, n (%) 0.0821 2
0 413 (85.0%) 455 (88.7%) 868 (86.9%)
1–2 73 (15.0%) 58 (11.3%) 131 (13.1%)
Site of primary tumor, n (%) <0.001 2
Left rectum 325 (69.4%) 292 (57.4%) 617 (63.2%)
Right rectum 143 (30.6%) 217 (42.6%) 360 (36.8%)
Missing 18 4 22
RAS/BRAF mutational status, n (%) 0.007 2
BRAF mutated 25 (6.4%) 59 (12.8%) 84 (9.8%)
RAS mutated 275 (70.0%) 301 (65.4%) 576 (67.5%)
RAS/BRAF wild type 93 (23.7%) 100 (21.7%) 193 (22.6%)
Missing 93 53 146
Number of metastatic sites, n (%) <0.001 2
1 136 (28.1%) 216 (42.1%) 352 (35.3%)
>1 348 (71.9%) 297 (57.9%) 645 (64.7%)
Missing 2 0 2
Liver-only disease, n (%) <0.001 2
No 379 (78.3%) 342 (66.7%) 721 (72.3%)
Yes 105 (21.7%) 171 (33.3%) 276 (27.7%)
Missing 2 0 2

1 Kruskal–Wallis p-value; 2 chi-square p-value. CT: chemotherapy; ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status.