Table 3.

Ratios of the lengths and diameters of various colonic segments, presented as median (interquartile range)

	Overall (n = 119)	<1 year (n = 25)	1 year (n = 36)	2 years (n = 40)	3 years (n = 10)	4 years (n = 4)	5 years (n = 4)	P-value
RS/Des	1.97 (1.54–2.38)	1.88 (1.5–2.55)	1.95 (1.52–2.32)	2.05 (1.64–2.39)	1.70 (1.57–2.14)	1.79 (1.34–1.87)	1.92 (1.50–2.03)	0.58
R/S	1.38 (1.24–1.59)	1.25 (1.11–1.30)	1.38 (1.25–1.58)	1.46 (1.28–1.65)	1.68 (1.5–1.82)	1.42 (1.25–1.54)	1.40 (1.27–1.62)	<.001
R/D	1.31 (1.16–1.52)	1.15 (1.05–1.23)	1.33 (1.15–1.45)	1.36 (1.20–1.60)	1.39 (1.34–1.50)	1.44 (1.36–1.68)	1.62 (1.21–1.86)	<.001
R/T	1.12 (0.94–1.29)	0.94 (0.89–1.04)	1.20 (0.95–1.32)	1.21 (1.06––1.34)	1.16 (0.99–1.53)	1.11 (0.99–1.19)	1.41 (1.22–1.99)	<.001
R/A	1.03 (0.90–1.18)	0.98 (0.84–1.12)	1.06 (0.87–1.17)	0.99 (0.90–1.18)	1.15 (1.04–1.35)	1.13 (1.07–1.21)	1.02 (0.89–1.14)	0.04
S/R	0.72 (0.63–0.81)	0.8 (0.77–0.90)	0.72 (0.63–0.80)	0.69 (0.61–0.78)	0.60 (0.55–0.67)	0.71 (0.65–0.81)	0.72 (0.62–0.79)	<.001
S/D	0.95 (0.83–1.04)	0.94 (0.87–1.09)	0.98 (0.83–1.03)	0.88 (0.80–1.03)	0.85 (0.77–0.93)	1.09 (1.02–1.16)	1.07 (0.87–1.24)	0.70
S/T	0.81 (0.71–0.89)	0.81 (0.73–0.86)	0.8 (0.74–0.94)	0.83 (0.70–0.89)	0.67 (0.60–0.82)	0.75 (0.70–0.89)	1.08 (0.81–1.14)	0.77
S/A	0.72 (0.63–0.84)	0.79 (0.73–0.89)	0.72 (0.65–0.80)	0.69 (0.60–0.83)	0.67 (0.61–0.77)	0.78 (0.72–0.94)	0.69 (0.60–0.82)	0.03
D/R	0.76 (0.66–0.87)	0.87 (0.81–0.96)	0.75 (0.69–0.87)	0.74 (0.62–0.83)	0.72 (0.66–0.75)	0.70 (0.60–0.74)	0.62 (0.54–0.88)	<.001
D/S	1.06 (0.96–1.21)	1.06 (0.92–1.15)	1.02 (0.97–1.20)	1.13 (0.97–1.25)	1.18 (1.08–1.3)	0.92 (0.86–0.98)	0.94 (0.81–1.18)	0.70
D/T	0.85 (0.75–0.93)	0.84 (0.75–0.89)	0.87 (0.8–1.03)	0.83 (0.74–0.97)	0.89 (0.78–0.93)	0.69 (0.67–0.78)	0.82 (0.81–1.00)	0.43
D/A	0.77 (0.68–0.88)	0.83 (0.76–0.95)	0.77 (0.67–0.86)	0.73 (0.67–0.83)	0.79 (0.75–0.84)	0.75 (0.67–0.86)	0.70 (0.58–0.81)	0.04
A/R	0.97 (0.85–1.12)	1.02 (0.90–1.19)	0.94 (0.85–1.15)	1.01 (0.85–1.12)	0.87 (0.74–0.96)	0.88 (0.83–0.93)	0.98 (0.88–1.13)	0.04
A/S	1.38 (1.20–1.59)	1.27 (1.12–1.38)	1.39 (1.25–1.53)	1.44 (1.21–1.66)	1.49 (1.31–1.64)	1.28 (1.08–1.38)	1.44 (1.24–1.67)	0.03
A/D	1.30 (1.13–1.48)	1.20 (1.05–1.32)	1.29 (1.16–1.49)	1.38 (1.21–1.50)	1.26 (1.20–1.34)	1.35 (1.17–1.50)	1.42 (1.25–1.78)	0.04
A/T	1.10 (0.97–1.19)	0.99 (0.88–1.13)	1.10 (1.01–1.19)	1.14 (1.00–1.28)	1.02 (0.88–1.19)	0.97 (0.88–1.04)	1.19 (1.11–2.08)	0.14

A ascending colon, D descending colon, R rectum, S sigmoid colon, T transverse colon, Des descending colon length, RS rectosigmoid length