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. 2021 Aug 26;36(12):2683–2696. doi: 10.1007/s00384-021-04005-6

Table 2.

Survival analysis and group differences of rCC and lCC

rCC (n = 230) p-value (log-rank) lCC (n = 187) p-value (log-rank) p-value (χ2/t-test)
Age (years) 0.286  < 0.001 0.256
 < 65 81 (35.2%) 76 (40.6%)
 ≥ 65 149 (64.8%) 111 (59.4%)
Mean 68.0 ± 0.8 65.6 ± 1.0 0.066
Sex 0.359 0.003  < 0.001
Female 112 (48.7%) 58 (31.0%)
Male 118 (51.3%) 129 (69.0%)
ASA-Score  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.138
I 14 (6.1%) 23 (12.3%)
II 128 (55.7%) 97 (51.9%)
III 86 (37.4%) 64 (34.2%)
IV 2 (0.9%) 3 (1.6%)
BMI (kg*m−2) 0.313 0.748 0.318
 ≤ 18.4 11 (4.8%) 3 (1.6%)
18.5–24.9 99 (43.0%) 88 (47.1%)
25.0–29.9 79 (34.3%) 62 (33.2%)
 ≥ 30 41 (17.8%) 34 (18.2%)
Mean 26.2 ± 0.4 26.2 ± 0.3 0.977
CEA (µg/l)*1  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.985
0–5.0 153 (67.4%) 121 (66.1%)
5.1–20.0 45 (19.8%) 37 (20.2%)
20.1–100.0 20 (8.8%) 18 (9.8%)
 > 100.0 9 (4.0%) 7 (3.8%)
Mean 56.6 ± 26.5 69.4 ± 37.2 0.775
Tumor entity 0.987 0.054 0.027
NST 98 (42.6%) 86 (46.0%)
Tubular 76 (33.0%) 76 (40.6%)
Mucinous 44 (19.1%) 22 (11.8%)
Others 12 (5.2%) 3 (1.6%)
pT-stage  < 0.001 0.014 0.065
Tis/T1 25 (10.9%) 23 (12.3%)
T2 46 (20.0%) 30 (16.0%)
T3 108 (47.0%) 108 (57.8%)
T4a/b 51 (22.2%) 26 (13.9%)
pN-stage*2  < 0.001 0.175 0.012
N0 131 (57.2%) 108 (57.8%)
N1a/ N1b/N1c 27 (11.8%)/26 (11.4%)/7 (3.1%) 11 (5.9%)/25 (13.4%)/19 (10.2%)
N2a/N2b 14 (6.1%)/24 (10.5%) 12 (6.4%)/12 (6.4%)
pM-stage  < 0.001 < 0.001 0.579
M0 180 (78.3%) 150 (80.2%)
M1a/M1b/M1c 36 (15.7%)/7 (3.0%)/7 (3.0%) 30 (16.0%)/5 (2.7%)/2 (1.1%)
Lymph node ratio*3  < 0.001 0.054 0.726
0.0 138 (60.5%) 121 (65.1%)
0.01–0.29 60 (26.3%) 46 (24.7%)
0.30–0.59 19 (8.3%) 13 (7.0%)
0.60–1.0 11 (4.8%) 6 (3.2%)
Grade*4 0.001 0.026 0.043
G1 13 (5.7%) 7 (3.8%)
G2 146 (63.8%) 142 (76.3%)
G3 69 (30.1%) 37 (19.9%)
G4 1 (0.4%)
Lymphangioinvasion 0.004 0.393 0.690
L0 172 (74.8%) 143 (76.5%)
L1 58 (25.2%) 44 (23.5%)
Venous invasion 0.001 0.001 0.207
V0 204 (88.7%) 158 (84.5%)
 V1 26 (11.3%) 29 (15.5%)
Perineural invasion 0.083 0.526 0.981
Pn0 225 (97.8%) 183 (97.9%)
Pn1 5 (2.2%) 4 (2.1%)
R-stage 0.064 0.006 0.485
R0 221 (96.1%) 182 (97.3%)
R1 9 (3.9%) 5 (2.7%)
Microsatellite instability*5 0.449 0.724  < 0.001
MSS 118 (76.1%) 113 (95.0%)
MSI 37 (23.9%) 6 (5.0%)
Type of operation 0.091  < 0.001 0.140
Laparoscopy 79 (34.3%) 77 (41.2%)
Laparotomy 127 (55.2%) 99 (52.9%)
Conversion 24 (10.4%) 11 (5.9%)
Clavien-Dindo*6 0.113 0.001 0.687
0–II 155 (69.2%) 130 (71.0%)
III–IV 69 (30.8%) 53 (29.0%)
Chemotherapy (adjuvant) 79 (34.3%) 0.394 60 (32.1%) 0.908 0.626

rCC right-sided colon cancer, lCC left-sided colon cancer, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, BMI body mass index, CEA carcinoembryonic antigen, NST no special type, MSS microsatellite stable, MSI microsatellite instable, Clavien-Dindo Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications

*1n = 227 (rCC), n = 183 (lCC); *2n = 229 (rCC); *3n = 228 (rCC), n = 186 (lCC); *4n = 229 (rCC), n = 186 (lCC); *5n = 155 (rCC), n = 119 (lCC); *6n = 224 (rCC), n = 183 (lCC)