Table 1.

Patients main characteristics

Variable	RT n = 68	CRT n = 72	P
Age (years)	65.6 (SD = 9.5)	63.14 (SD = 10.1)	0.141
Gender (%)
Male	43 (63.2)	50 (69.4)	0.437
Female	25 (36.8)	22 (30.6)
ASA1 (%)	1 (1.5)	1 (1.4)
ASA2 (%)	32 (48.5)	31 (43.1)	0.808
ASA3 (%)	33 (50)	40 (55.5)
Period from the end of
neoadjuvant therapy till surgery (days)	48.03 (SD = 12.5)	47.14 (SD = 8.6)	0.622
Clinical stage (%)
II	16 (23.5)	15 (20.8)	0.701
III	52 (76.5)	57 (79.2)
Tumor distance from anal
verge (%)
< 5 cm	34 (50)	30 (41.7)
5–10 cm	29 (42.6)	37 (51.4)	0.575
11–15 cm	5 (7.4)	5 (6.9)