Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis of Clinicopathological Features Associated with Pericolic Lymph Nodes Metastasis beyond 10 cm Proximal to The Tumor

Variables	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	pPCN group (n = 14)	nPCN group (n = 298)	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
cTNM stage n(%)			0.018	11.749	2.121–65.081	0.005
I	0 (0.0%)	50 (16.8%)
II	3 (21.4%)	91 (30.5%)
III	8 (57.2%)	135 (45.3%)
IV	3 (21.4%)	22 (7.4%)
No. of PCNs	4.5 (1.0–11.0)	0 (0–12.0)	<  0.001	1.868	1.257–2.775	0.002
Total no. of positive mesenteric lymph nodes	3.5 (1.0–14.0)	0 (0–11.0)	0.002	5.156	2.152–12.356	<  0.05
Presence of the largest mesenteric lymph nodes with the maximum short-axis diameter ≥ 8 mm	7 (50%)	49 (16.4%)	0.005	5.571	0.839–37.0	0.075

pPCN group, patients in this group with pericolic lymph nodes metastasis beyond 10 cm proximal to the tumor

nPCN group, patients in this group without pericolic lymph nodes metastasis beyond 10 cm proximal to the tumor

PCNs, pericolic lymph nodes located beyond 10 cm proximal to the tumor

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval