Table 2.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Ostomy and Anastomosis Groups
| Characteristics | Ostomy (N=183) |
Anastomosis (N=394) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr), mean (SD) | 74.7 (11.1) | 72.5 (10.5) | .02 |
| Male (%) | 65.6 | 56.0 | .03 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 80.3 | 77.7 | .28 |
| Hispanic | 7.7 | 4.6 | |
| African American | 2.7 | 3.5 | |
| Asian | 6.6 | 9.1 | |
| Other/unknown/mixed | 2.7 | 5.1 | |
| Education: college degree (%) | 27.6 | 43.3 | <.001 |
| Income over $50,000/yr (%) | 39.4 | 46.4 | .13 |
| Married/Partnered (%) | 66.1 | 64.1 | .64 |
| Years since diagnosis, mean (SD) | 15.0 (7.4) | 12.6 (5.5) | <.0001 |
| Years since surgery, mean (SD) | 14.6 (7.7) | 12.4 (5.5) | .0001 |
| Charlson-Deyo comorbidity score > 2 (%) | 29.5 | 18.0 | .002 |
| Tumor distance from anal verge (cm), mean (SD) | 5.9 (3.8) | 11.4 (4.9) | <.0001 |
| Stage (%) | |||
| Localized | 45.9 | 51.1 | .21 |
| Regional | 47.5 | 45.8 | |
| Distant | 1.6 | 0.76 | |
| Unknown | 4.9 | 2.3 | |
| Received chemotherapy (%) | 57.9 | 47.9 | .02 |
| Received radiation treatment (%) | 49.2 | 34.9 | .001 |