Table 3.

Analysis of the Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Short and Long Ileal J Pouches

Variable	Short J pouch group (n=94)	Long J pouch group (n=114)	p-value
Early postoperative complications	25 (26.6)	33 (28.9)	0.707*
Late postoperative complications	39 (41.5)	32 (28.1)	0.042*
Increased defecation frequency			0.003*
No	77 (81.9)	108 (94.7)
Yes	17 (18.1)	6 (5.3)
Pouchitis			0.035*
No	61 (64.9)	89 (78.1)
Yes	33 (35.1)	25 (21.9)
Postoperative long-term intestinal obstruction			0.735†
No	90 (95.7)	108 (94.7)
Yes	4 (4.3)	6 (5.3)
Anastomotic stricture			0.156†
No	89 (94.7)	112 (98.2)
Yes	5 (5.3)	2 (1.8)
Postoperative CGQL score	0.725±0.135	0.783±0.139	0.003‡
Current QOL	7.128±1.648	7.772±1.574	0.004‡
Current quality of health	7.128±1.483	7.816±1.485	0.001‡
Current energy level	7.447±1.637	7.877±1.575	0.055‡
Significantly improved long-term QOL			0.015*
No	47 (50.0)	38 (33.3)
Yes	47 (50.0)	76 (66.7)

Data are presented as number (%) or mean±SD.

CGQL, Cleveland Global Quality of Life; QOL, quality of life.

*Chi-square test; ^†Fisher exact test; ^‡Two-sample Student t-test.