Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the Patients
| S.no | No of Patients |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Colon | Rectum | Total (%) | |
| 1 | Gender | |||
| a Male | 62 | 28 | 90 (62) | |
| b. Female | 40 | 15 | 55 (38) | |
| 2 | Age in years – mean ± SD | 50±13 | 49±12 | -- |
| 3 | Ethnicity | |||
| a. Tamilian | 82 | 29 | 111 (76.5) | |
| b. Andhra | 11 | 9 | 11 (14.4) | |
| c. North Indians | 9 | 5 | 7 (9.6) | |
| 4 | Performance status | |||
| a. 0-1 | 76 | 30 | 106 (73.1) | |
| b. 2 | 18 | 9 | 27 (19) | |
| c. 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 (8) | |
| 5 | Tumour site | |||
| a. Right colon | 49 | -- | 49 (33.7) | |
| b. Left colon | 53 | -- | 53 (36.5) | |
| c. Rectum | -- | 43 | 43 (29.6) | |
| 6 | Cancer stage | |||
| a. II | 22 | 4 | 26 (18) | |
| b. III | 38 | 19 | 57 (39.3) | |
| c. IV | 42 | 20 | 62 (42.7) | |
| 7 | Chemotherapy setting | |||
| a. Neoadjuvant | 5 | 8 | 13 (9) | |
| b. Adjuvant | 55 | 15 | 70 (48.2) | |
| c. Palliative | 42 | 20 | 62 (42.7) | |
| 8 | Habits | |||
| a. Smoking | 15 | 7 | 22 (15.1) | |
| b. Alcoholic | 7 | 5 | 12 (8.2) | |
| c. Smoking+ Alcoholic | 10 | 8 | 18 (12.4) | |
| 9 | Comorbidities | |||
| a. Diabetes | 10 | 8 | 18 (12.4) | |
| b. Hypertension | 12 | 7 | 21 (14.4) | |
| c. Thyroid disorders | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | |