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. 2021 Jun 10;2(2):e071. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000071

TABLE 2.

30-day In-patient Mortality After Major CRC Resection Immediately Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period

Elective Surgery
Before Pandemic During Pandemic During Versus Before PandemicN = 10,823 patients with complete data on age, sex, stage IV cancer, comorbidities, and socioeconomic deprivation
N % 95% CI N % 95% CI Crude Odds Ratio Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% CI P P Interaction
All sites 8774 0.9 0.7–1.2 2267 1.2 0.8–1.8 1.35 1.54 0.98–2.43 0.063
Hot sites 7221 1.0 0.8–1.2 1411 1.4 0.9–2.2 1.47 1.65 0.97–2.82 0.067 0.855
Cold sites 1553 0.7 0.4–1.3 856 0.9 0.4–1.8 1.29 1.49 0.57–3.88 0.413
Emergency Surgery
Before Pandemic During Pandemic During Versus Before Pandemic N = 1994 patients with complete data on age, sex, stage IV cancer, comorbidities, and socioeconomic deprivation
N % 95% CI N % 95% CI Crude Odds Ratio Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% CI P P Interaction
All sites 1493 5.6 4.5–6.9 526 8.9 6.6–11.7 1.67 1.74 1.21–2.50 0.003
Hot sites 1232 5.6 4.4–7.0 444 8.8 6.3–11.8 1.65 1.67 1.10–2.52 0.015 0.554
Cold sites 261 5.7 3.3–9.3 82 9.8 4.3–18.3 1.76 2.19 1.02–4.71 0.045

CI, confidence intervals; CRC, colorectal cancer.