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. 2021 Dec 4;37(2):381–391. doi: 10.1007/s00384-021-04072-9

Table 4.

Patient characteristics of 94 (2 * 47) matched patients with colorectal carcinoma (match criteria in bold)

IBD-associated CRC
(n = 47)
Sporadic CRC
(n = 47)
p-value
n (%) n (%)
Age
Median (range) (years) 46 (22–80) 51 (21–79) 0.166
Sex
Male 30 (64) 30 (64) 1.0
Female 17 (36) 17 (36)
ECOG*
ECOG 0–1 40 (91) 38 (86) 0.739
ECOG 2–4 4 (9) 6 (14)
ASA**
ASA 1–2 35 (88) 39 (91 0.732
ASA 3–4 5 (12) 4 (9)
Tumor site
Right colon 18 (38) 18 (38) 1.0
Left colon 10 (21) 10 (21)
Rectum 19 (40) 19 (40)
Emergency surgery
Yes 2 (4) 8 (17) 0.091
No 45 (96) 39 (83)
Surgery
TME/CME 23 (49) 47 (100)  < 0.001
(Procto)colectomy 24 (51) 0 (0)
Histological type
Adenocarcinoma (8140/3) 41 (87) 44 (94)
Other histological types*** 6 (13) 3 (6) 0.486
Pathological stage (UICC)
Stage I 16 (34) 16 (34) 1.0
Stage II 16 (34) 16 (34)
Stage III 12 (26) 12 (26)
Stage yII 2 (4) 2 (4)
Stage yIII 1 (2) 1 (2)
Multimodal treatment
 Yes 16 (34) 13 (28) 0.509
 NO 31 (66) 34 (72)
Neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer 3/19 3/19 1.0
Adjuvant treatment 15/47 11/47 0.356
Adjuvant treatment for rectal carcinoma stages II and III 4/6 5/6 1.0
Adjuvant treatment for colon carcinoma stage III 6/7 5/7 1.0

IBD inflammatory bowel disease, CRC colorectal carcinoma, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification, TME total mesorectal excision, CME complete mesorectal excision. *ECOG performance status in 8 patients unknown; **ASA missing in 11 patients; ***undifferentiated carcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma