Table 2.

Patient characteristics between pCR and npCR groups.

Characteristic	pCR	nPCR	P value	Univariate
	(n = 32)	(n = 42)		Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
Age			0.489
≤70	28	33		Reference
>70	4	9		0.52 (0.146-1.886)	0.322
Gender			1.000
Male	26	34		Reference
Female	6	7		1.15 (0.347-3.841)	0.816
T stage			0.424
T1-2	3	1		Reference
T3-4	29	40		0.24 (0.024-2.442)	0.229
N stage			0.809
N0	2	1		Reference
N1-2	30	40		0.38 (0.032-4.331)	0.432
Location			0.182
Upper	4	5		Reference
Middle	8	19		0.53 (0.111-2.487)	0.418
Lower	20	18		1.39 (0.322-5.986)	0.659
Length of the lesion			1.000
≤6.75 cm	25	33		Reference
>6.75 cm	7	9		1.03 (0.336-3.134)	0.963
Chemotherapy			0.332
Triweekly	31	2		Reference
Weekly	41	8		1.000	0.180
Tegafur	2	0		1.000	0.993