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Published in final edited form as: Colorectal Dis. 2021 Feb 10;23(2):451–460. doi: 10.1111/codi.15515

Table 4.

Multivariate regression analysis of clinical variables vs MSK-BFI and LARS-Q scores in the study cohort

Characteristic	MSK-BFI			LARS Total
Characteristic	Estimate	95% CI	p value	Estimate	95% CI	p value
Tumour distance from the anal verge	0.939	0.305 to 1.574	0.004	−0.544	−1.019 to 0.069	0.025
Chemoradiation (yes vs no)	−1.390	−4.705 to 1.926	0.411	1.343	−1.14 to 3.826	0.289
Diverting loop ileostomy (yes vs no)	−2.431	−6.769 to 1.907	0.272	0.544	−2.705 to 3.792	0.743
Pathological AJCC stage
0/Tis vs III	3.095	−1.817 to 8.007	0.217	−3.108	−6.786 to 0.571	0.098
I vs III	4.992	2.918 to 0.932	0.016	−2.437	−5.477 to 0.603	0.116
II vs III	7.897	2.918 to 12.876	0.002	−4.4	−8.129 to −0.672	0.021

Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.