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Table 2 Biological data and comorbidity in the study and control groups

From: Prognosis of rectal cancer patients improves with downstaging by intensified neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy - a matched pair analysis

 

All patients % (n = 212)

Study group with neoadjuvant treatment % (n = 106)

Control group without neoadjuvant treatment % (n = 106)

p-value

Gender ratio (f : m)

1 : 1.94

1 : 2.92

1 : 1.35

<0.01

Age (mean)

65.4

62.3

68.5

0.06

Comorbidity

77.0

68.6

85.5

<0.01

 Pulmonary

9.1

5.7

12.5

0.01

 Cardiovascular

23.9

21.9

26.0

0.52

 Renal

7.2

6.7

7.7

0.80

 Diabetes

19.1

11.4

26.9

<0.01

 Hypertension

47.8

40.0

55.8

0.03

 Others

48.9

39.0

58.7

<0.01

ASA score (mean)

2.4

2.3

2.5

0.05