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. 2017 Nov 21;7:15930. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16311-7

Table 5.

Impact of Diverting Stoma on Incidence of Severe AL.

Incidence of Severe AL (N = 38/323)
All Patients Patients without Neo-CRT
Diverting Stoma With (N = 4) Without (N = 34) P With (N = 3) Without (N = 32) P
Incidence 4/44 (9.1%) 34/278 (12.2%) NS 3/27 (11.1%) 32/253 (12.6%) NS

A two-tailed p value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant; NS, not significant.