Table 3.

Factors related to the receipt of adjuvant therapy controlling for the competing risk of death

	Multivariate analysis A			Multivariate analysis B
	SHR	95% CI	p-value	SHR	95% CI	p-value
Anastomotic leak (ref = no leak)	0.7	0.45–1.09	0.12	0.68	0.46–1.01	0.06
DLI (ref = no DLI)	1.5	1.09–2.06	0.01	1.28	0.93–1.76	0.13
Age	0.97	0.97–0.98	< 0.001	0.97	0.97–0.98	< 0.001
Male sex (ref = female sex)	1.04	0.68–1.58	0.86	1.01	0.72–1.44	0.94
Weight loss (ref = no preoperative weight loss)				0.86	0.64–1.16	0.32
Neoadjuvant CRT (ref = no neoadjuvant CRT)				0.71	0.58–0.88	0.002
Active smoking (ref = non-smokers)				1.37	1.25–1.50	< 0.001

Bolded values indicated statistical significance

DLI diverting loop ileostomy, SHR subhazard ratio, CI confidence interval, CRT chemoradiation, ref reference