Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| Comparison (n = 132) | UFER (n = 113) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | p-value | |
| Stage | 0.311 | ||||
| IIIA | 8 | 6.06 | 11 | 9.73 | |
| IIIB | 91 | 68.94 | 68 | 60.18 | |
| IIIC | 33 | 25 | 34 | 30.09 | |
| Gender | 0.798 | ||||
| female | 64 | 48.48 | 57 | 50.44 | |
| male | 68 | 51.52 | 56 | 49.56 | |
| Grade | 0.559 | ||||
| 1 | 5 | 3.79 | 3 | 2.65 | |
| 2 | 109 | 82.58 | 97 | 85.84 | |
| 3 | 18 | 13.64 | 12 | 10.62 | |
| LVSI | 0.897 | ||||
| - | 76 | 57.58 | 66 | 58.93 | |
| + | 56 | 42.42 | 46 | 41.07 | |
| Location | 0.396 | ||||
| Ascending | 44 | 33.33 | 26 | 23.01 | |
| Transverse | 28 | 21.21 | 19 | 16.81 | |
| Descending | 15 | 11.36 | 17 | 15.04 | |
| Sigmoid | 32 | 24.24 | 42 | 37.17 | |
| Rectum | 13 | 9.85 | 9 | 7.96 | |
| Age | 0.651 | ||||
| mean, sd | 68.90 | 13.47 | 69.70 | 14.04 | |
| Median(range) | 68 | 35–103 | 71 | 39–94 | |
Abbreviations: LVSI = lymphvascular space invasion; sd = standard deviation.