Table 1.

Patients and tumor characteristics for the ESMR-L and ESD groups.

	ESMR-L (n = 53)	ESD (n = 24)	Total (n = 77)	P value
Age (year)	53.6 ± 12.7	50.8 ± 12.4	52.7 ± 12.6	0.378
Sex (M/F), n	33/21	21/6	50/27	0.311
Tumor size (mm)
EUS‡	5.0 ± 1.7	5.5 ± 2.1	5.2 ± 1.9	0.220
Histology‡	4.6 ± 1.7	5.2 ± 1.9	4.7 ± 1.8	0.137
Distance from AV† (cm)	5.5 ± 2.8	5.5 ± 2.5	5.5 ± 2.7	0.895

EUS: endoscopic ultrasound.

^†AV: anal verge.

^‡Values are expressed as mean ± SD.