. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 27.

Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Mar 22;27(6):1228–1237. doi: 10.1007/s11605-023-05656-2

Table 5.

Multivariable analysis comparing clinicopathologic characteristics and odds of undergoing low anterior resection for patients with stage II/III rectal cancers who underwent resection.

Effect		Odds Ratio	95% confidence interval		P-Value
Effect		Odds Ratio	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	P-Value
Rectal volume	Low vs High	0.99	0.39	2.54	0.989
Rectal volume	Medium vs High	0.85	0.43	1.69	0.645
Tumor location	Mid vs Low	13.34	7.26	24.54	<.001
Tumor location	High vs Low	111.78	25.51	489.88	<.001
Sex	Male vs Female	0.46	0.26	0.84	0.010
Stage	III vs II	1.98	1.06	3.67	0.031
Income	$35000-50000 vs >$75000	2.29	0.84	6.2	0.104
Income	$50000-75000 vs >$75000	2.33	0.93	5.85	0.071

Bold p-values meet statistical significance (p< .05).