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. 2025 Jan 6;40(1):6. doi: 10.1007/s00384-024-04803-8

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics according to pathologic response

pCR0 = 15 no-pCR = 18 p
Sex, n (%) 0.210
Male 9 (60) 15 (84)
Female 6 (40) 3 (16)
Age, years, median (± SD) 60 (11) 65 (12) 0.308
BMI Kg2/cm, median (+ / − SD) 23 (6) 22 (8)
ASA n (%) 0.455
I 5 (34) 6 (33)
II 7 (46) 10 (56)
III 3(22) 2 (119
Distance anal verge, cm, mean (+ / − SD) 0.67
< 5 7 (46) 2 (11)
5–10 4 (27) 10 (56)
> 10 4 (27) 6 (33)
T stage, n (%) 0.316
2 4 (27) 2 (11)
3 10 (67) 15 (83)
4 1 (6) 1 (5)
N stage, n (%) 0.762
0 9 (60) 9 (50)
1 4 (27) 5 (28)
2 2 (13) 4 (22)
Stage according to AJCC, n (%)

9 (50)

9 (50)

0.678
II 9 (60)
III 6 (40)
Surgery, n (%) 0.083
TME 12 (80) 17 (94)
AAP 3 (20) 1 (6)

TME, total mesorectal excision; AAP, abdomino-perineal amputation; CM, circumferential margin