Table 1. Patient demographics.
| No. of patients (n=196) |
|
|---|---|
| Age (years) † | 72.1[65.1 – 79.0] |
| Sex | |
| M | 119 (60.7) |
| F | 77 (39.3) |
| Length of Stay (days) † | 10 [7 – 15] |
| Operation performed | |
| Right/Left hemicolectomy | 70 (35.7) |
| Sigmoid colectomy | 45 (23.0) |
| Anterior resection | 58 (29.6) |
| Abdomino-perineal resection | 11(5.6) |
| Total colectomy | 12 (6.1) |
| Stage | |
| Tis | 8 (4.1) |
| I | 23 (11.7) |
| II | 74 (37.8) |
| III | 66 (33.7) |
| IV | 20 (10.2) |
| Unknown | 5 (2.6) |
| Pre-operative haemoglobin (g/dl) † | 12.3 [10.7 – 13.9] |
| Pre-operative white cell count (×109/l) † | 7.5 [5.7 – 9.6] |
| Pre-operative serum albumin (g/l) † | 35 [29 – 39] |
| Pre-operative Neutrophil:Lymphocyte ratio † | 3.76 [2.53 – 6.39] |
| Emergency procedures | 27 (13.8) |
Values are number of patients with percentages in parentheses unless indicated otherwise
†
values are median with interquartile range in square parentheses