Table 4.

EORTC QLQ‐CR29 scores for selected functions at 3, 6 and 12 months after rectal resection

	3 months			6 months			12 months
	Median (i.q.r.)	H–L*	P †	Median (i.q.r.)	H–L*	P †	Median (i.q.r.)	H–L*	P †
Urinary frequency
Early	16·7 (0–33·3)	0 (0, 16·7)	0·323	16·7 (0–50)	0 (−16·7, 0)	0·353	16·7 (0–33·3)	0 (0, 16·7)	0·268
Late	16·7 (0–50)			16·7 (8·3–41·7)			33·3 (0–50)
Stool frequency
Early	33·3 (16·7–50)	33·3 (16·7, 33·3)	< 0·001	33·3 (16·7–50)	16·7 (0, 33·3)	0·068	33·3 (16·7–50)	0 (0, 16·7)	0·611
Late	0 (0–16·7)			16·7 (0–66·7)			33·3 (16·7–50)
Body image
Early	88·9 (66·7–100)	0 (−11·1, 0)	0·715	88·9 (77·8–100)	0 (0, 11·1)	0·364	94·4 (77·8–100)	0 (0, 0)	0·502
Late	77·8 (66·7–100)			88·9 (66·7–100)			100 (88·9–100)

^*Two‐sample Hodges–Lehmann (H–L) estimator with 95 per cent asymptotic confidence limits in parentheses. EORTC, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer.

^†Wilcoxon rank sum test for difference between early and late closure.