Table 3.

Predictive Factors for Delayed Bleeding

	Delayed bleeding		p-value
	No (n=68)	Yes (n=4)
Sex			0.14
Men, n (%)	39 (57.4)	4 (100)
Women, n (%)	29 (42.6)	0 (0)
Age (yr), mean (SD)	48.8 (13.6)	47.5 (9.1)	0.85
Tumor location (cm), mean (SD)a)	5.9 (2.4)	4.5 (1.0)	0.06
Endoscopically estimated size (cm) mean (SD)	6.9 (2.80)	5.0 (2.16)	0.19
Histologically measured size (cm), mean (SD)	6.4 (2.76)	4.3 (2.87)	0.15
En bloc resection, n (%)	67 (98.5)	4 (100)	1.00
Histologically complete resection, n (%)	63 (92.6)	4 (100)	1.00
Resection time (min), mean (SD)	8.7 (5.07)	12.9 (12.27)	0.55
Immediate bleeding, n (%)	4 (5.9)	2 (50.0)	0.03

SD, standard deviation.

^a)Measured from the anal verge.