Table 2.

Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in 381 Patients with Anastomosis with an Average 12 Years of Follow-up after Surgery.

Patient Characteristics
At time of surgery	%	At time of survey	%
Age at surgery, years		Period of surgery
<65	65	Before 2000	59
>65	35	2000–2005	41
Gender		Years since surgery
Female	43	5–10	40
Male	57	≥10	60
Race/ethnicity		Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity
White	83	≤2	93
Asian-American	9	>2	7
Other	8	Body mass index, kg/m2
Tumor distance from anal verge, cm		<24.9	36
		25.0 – 29.9	36
>6	80	≥30	28
≤6	20	Use of prescribed opiates
Tumor stage		No	71
Localized	52	Yes	29
Regional	47	Physical activity, min/week
Metastatic or Systemic	1	≥210.0	32
Temporary ostomy		20.0 – 209.9	32
No	80	≤19.9	37
Yes	20	General health
Chemotherapy		Excellent, very good	46
No	52	Good	37
Yes, before surgery	14	Fair, poor	17
Yes, after surgery	33
Radiation
No	65
Yes, before surgery	13
Yes, after surgery	22
Smoking history
Never	44
Ever	56