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Table 1 Patient and disease factors (total cohort)

From: Improving management of comorbidity in patients with colorectal cancer using comprehensive medical assessment: a pilot study

 

Observation

Intervention

Total

#

%

#

%

#

%

Age

 Mean

74

73

73

 Median

76

74

75

 Range

40

36

40

Sex

 Female

14

38.9

24

66.7

38

52.8

 Male

22

61.1

12

33.3

34

47.2

Prioritised ethnicity

 NZ European

32

88.9

34

94.4

66

91.7

 Māori

2

5.6

2

5.6

4

5.6

 European Other

1

2.8

0

0.0

1

1.4

 Not Stated

1

2.8

0

0.0

1

1.4

Cancer type

 New primary diagnosis of colon cancer

27

75.0

26

72.2

52

72.2

 Metastatic relapse of known colon cancer

3

8.3

1

2.8

4

5.6

 New primary diagnosis of rectal cancer

4

11.1

9

25.0

13

18.1

 Metastatic relapse of known rectal cancer

2

5.6

0

0.0

2

2.8

TNM stage grouping

 One

4

11.4

2

6.9

10

13.9

 Two

14

40.0

9

31.0

24

33.3

 Three

10

28.6

14

48.3

26

36.1

 Four

7

20.0

4

11.4

12

16.7

Tumour grade

 Well-differentiated

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

 Moderately differentiated

26

74.3

24

82.8

57

79.2

 Poorly differentiated

5

14.3

4

13.8

9

12.5

 Undifferentiated

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

 Mucinous

4

11.4

1

3.4

6

8.3

Surgery for Primary Tumour

32

88.9

36

100

68

94,4

 Elective/Planned

28

87.5

29

80.6

57

83.8

 Acute - Emergency

4

12.5

5

13.9

9

13.2

 Acute – Non-Emergency

0

0

2

5.6

2

2.9