Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of study groups.

Characteristic	Value
Patients (n)	68
Sex
Male	49
Female	19
Age
Mean ± SD	57.52 ± 9.71
Range	20–71
Nationality, n (%)	Korean (100)
Body mass index	23.2
Stage
0	5
Ι	21
II	21
III	1
IIIA	5
IIIB	9
IIIC	2
n/a	4
Method of operation
Laparoscopy	55
Da Vinci	6
Low anterior	4
Left hemicolectomy	1
Right hemicolectomy	2
Other chronic diseases, n (%)
None	54
Hypertension	10
Diabetes	3
Crohn’s disease	1