Table 1.
Patient and hospital characteristic per EMRAM Group
| Patient and hospital characteristics | EMRAM-score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMRAM < 3 | EMRAM > =3 | ||||
| Count | Column N % | Count | Column N % | ||
| Sex | Male | 4462 | 55,8% | 9341 | 55,1% |
| Female | 3540 | 44,2% | 7627 | 44,9% | |
| BMI categories with missing | Unknown | 199 | 2,50% | 451 | 2,7% |
| <18.5 | 170 | 2,1% | 276 | 1,6% | |
| 18.5–25 | 3195 | 39,9% | 6758 | 39,8% | |
| 25–30 | 3110 | 38,8% | 6732 | 39,7% | |
| 30+ | 1334 | 16,7% | 2759 | 16,3% | |
| Age | <=60 | 1528 | 19,1% | 2972 | 17,5% |
| 61–70 | 2538 | 31,7% | 5341 | 31,5% | |
| 71–80 | 2674 | 33,4% | 5903 | 34,8% | |
| > = 81 | 1268 | 15,8% | 2747 | 16,2% | |
| Charlson score in 3 groups | Charlson score 0 | 3967 | 49,5% | 8586 | 50,6% |
| Charlson score 1 | 1813 | 22,6% | 3877 | 22,8% | |
| Charlson score 2+ | 2228 | 27,8% | 4513 | 26,6% | |
| ASA score in 3 groups | I – II | 6157 | 77,0% | 13,099 | 77,2% |
| III | 1732 | 21,6% | 3620 | 21,3% | |
| IV – V | 112 | 1,4% | 254 | 1,5% | |
| Location of tumor | Caecum | 1126 | 14,1% | 2321 | 13,7% |
| Appendix | 40 | 0,5% | 89 | 0,5% | |
| Ascending colon | 1043 | 13,0% | 2221 | 13,1% | |
| Hepatic flexure | 315 | 3,9% | 751 | 4,4% | |
| Transverse colon | 413 | 5,2% | 1013 | 6,0% | |
| Splenic flexure | 195 | 2,4% | 403 | 2,4% | |
| Descending colon | 368 | 4,6% | 773 | 4,6% | |
| Sigmoideal colon | 2307 | 28,8% | 4617 | 27,2% | |
| Rectum | 2201 | 27,5% | 4788 | 28,2% | |
| Pathological T stage | Tx/T0 | 23 | 0,3% | 35 | 0,2% |
| T1 | 812 | 10,2% | 1693 | 10,1% | |
| T2 | 1564 | 19,7% | 3390 | 20,2% | |
| T3 | 4544 | 57,1% | 9442 | 56,2% | |
| T4 | 1012 | 12,7% | 2255 | 13,4% | |
| Distant metastasis | No/missing | 7092 | 88,6% | 15,190 | 89,5% |
| Yes | 916 | 11,4% | 1786 | 10,5% | |
| Pre-operative tumor complications | No/missing | 5330 | 66,6% | 9619 | 56,7% |
| Yes | 2678 | 33,4% | 7357 | 43,3% | |
| Urgent/not urgent | Elective (incl. After stent) | 6864 | 85,8% | 14,741 | 86,9% |
| Urgent/Emergency | 1140 | 14,2% | 2227 | 13,1% | |
| Additional resection because of metastasis | No | 7643 | 95,4% | 16,470 | 97,0% |
| Yes | 365 | 4,6% | 506 | 3,0% | |
| Additional resection because of extensive tumor growth | No | 7209 | 90,0% | 15,489 | 91,2% |
| Extensive | 353 | 4,4% | 682 | 4,0% | |
| Limited | 446 | 5,6% | 805 | 4,7% | |
| Surgical technique | Laparotomy | 3424 | 43,0% | 6864 | 40,6% |
| Laparoscopy | 4546 | 57,0% | 10,039 | 59,4% | |
| Complications | No complications | 5570 | 69,8% | 11,362 | 67,1% |
| Complication | 1431 | 17,9% | 3400 | 20,1% | |
| Complications and reintervention | 770 | 9,6% | 1777 | 10,5% | |
| Complications and death | 214 | 2,7% | 403 | 2,4% | |
| Size of hospital admitted | Small | 1489 | 18,6% | 2006 | 11,8% |
| Medium | 3711 | 46,3% | 5789 | 34,1% | |
| Large | 2808 | 35,1% | 9181 | 54,1% | |
| Type of hospital admitted | General hospitals | 4446 | 55,5% | 5965 | 35,1% |
| Academic affiliated | 3562 | 44,5% | 11,011 | 64,9% | |
| Region of hospital admitted | East | 1271 | 15,9% | 3438 | 20,3% |
| North | 1517 | 18,9% | 1728 | 10,2% | |
| South | 1727 | 21,6% | 5547 | 32,7% | |
| West | 3493 | 43,6% | 6263 | 36,9% | |