Table 7.

Correlation between clinical parameters and worsening EORTC QLQ-CR29 scores at 6 months after surgery

EORTC QLQ-CR29	35		37		49		50		52		53		Total
	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
Age	− 0.003	0.38	− 0.0007	0.84	0.006	0.11	0.006	0.011	− 0.001	0.78	0.004	0.15	0.01	0.4
Gender
Female	Ref	0.4	Ref	0.07	Ref	0.4	Ref	0.2	Ref	0.002	Ref	0.18	Ref	0.02
Male	− 0.08		− 0.19		− 0.099		− 0.089		− 0.323		− 0.106		− 0.883
Surgical approach
Laparoscopic	Ref	0.03	Ref	0.83	Ref	0.004	Ref	0.003	Ref	0.69	Ref	0.12	Ref	0.017
Open	0.25		0.03		0.39		0.236		0.05		0.12		1.096
Type of surgery
Right colectomy	Ref	0.96	Ref	0.59	Ref	0.0058	Ref	0.97	Ref	0.05	Ref	0.07	Ref	0.82
Ext.right colectomy	0.007		0.09		− 0.48		− 0.035		1.9		− 0.212		0.134
Ileocecal resection
Ileum length	0.005	0.2	− 0.0007	0.86	− 0.009	0.04	− 0.003	0.26	− 0.0005	0.9	− 0.0028	0.34	− 0.01	0.45
Specimen length	0.004	0.32	0.002	0.59	− 0.0018	0.72	0.001	0.73	0.001	0.81	0.0005	0.86	0.0074	0.66
Colon length	− 0.003	0.6	0.004	0.37	0.014	0.0192	0.007	0.046	0.003	0.64	0.006	0.13	0.032	0.11
Adjuvant therapy
No	Ref	0.34	Ref	0.79	Ref	0.029	Ref	0.03	Ref	0.52	Ref	0.46	Ref	0.39
Yes	0.11		− 0.03		− 0.28		− 0.161		0.076		− 0.06		− 0.369
AJCC stage
0	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
I	0.041	0.81	0.372	0.0462	0.201	0.33	0.131	0.31	0.269	0.15	0.163	0.24	1.182	0.09
II	0.381	0.01	0.318	0.0533	0.36	0.05	0.157	0.16	0.479	0.004	0.202	0.1	1.884	0.002
III− IV	0.393	0.01	0.342	0.0455	0.209	0.27	0.101	0.39	0.548	0.002	0.198	0.12	1.767	0.005