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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Impact of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on the survival of patients with rectal cancer

 

Total number of patients (n = 242)

ACEI n = 123

ARB n = 35

p

RASI n = 158

Non-RASI n = 84

p

Age

median (IQR)

68 (62–73)

69 (63–74)

67(60.5–69.5)

0.074

68 (62–74)

67 (61–72)

0.460

Sex

Females

109 (45.04%)

53 (43.09%)

21 (60.00%)

0.087

74 (46.84%)

35 (41.67%)

0.498

Males

133 (54.96%)

70 (56.91%)

14 (40.00%)

 

84 (53.16%)

49 (58.33%)

 

BMI

median (IQR)

26.8 (24.6–30.475)

26.8 (24.75–29.82)

28.4 (25.75–30.95)

0.083

27(24.92–30.575)

26.4 (24.575–30.4)

0.420

CAD

Yes

52 (21.49%)

25 (20.33%)

5 (14.29%)

0.476

30 (18.99%)

22 (26.19%)

0.250

No

190 (78.51%)

98 (79.67%)

30 (85.71%)

 

128 (81.01%)

62 (73.81%)

 

DM

Yes

70 (28.93%)

35 (28.46%)

12 (34.29%)

0.533

47 (29.75%)

23 (27.38%)

0.767

No

172 (71.07%)

88 (71.54%)

23 (65.71%)

 

111 (70.25%)

61 (72.62%)

 

CKD

Yes

6 (2.48%)

2 (1.63%)

1 (2.86%)

0.531

3 (3.57%)

3 (1.90%)

0.421

No

236 (97.52%)

121 (98.37%)

34 (97.14%)

 

81 (96.43%)

155 (98.10%)

 

CCI

0–2

123 (50.83)

61 (49.59%)

18 (51.43%)

1

79 (50.00%)

44 (52.38%)

0.787

 > 2

119 (49.17)

62 (50.41%)

17 (48.57%)

 

79 (50.00%)

40 (47.62%)

 

cTNM Stage

2

73 (30.17)

37 (30.08%)

16 (45.71%)

0.105

53 (33.54%)

20 (23.81%)

0.141

3

169 (69.83)

86 (69.92%)

19 (54.29%)

 

105 (66.46%)

64 (76.19%)

 

Distance to the anal verge

 <  = 5 cm

138 (57.02%)

76 (61.79%)

17 (48.57%)

0.350

93 (58.86%)

45 (53.57%)

0.663

6–10 cm

69 (28.51%)

32 (26.02%)

12 (34.29%)

 

44 (27.85%)

25 (29.76%)

 

11–15 cm

35 (14.46%)

15 (12.20%)

6 (17.14%)

 

21 (13.29%)

14 (16.67%)

 

Neo-adjuvant

RT

178 (73.55%)

93 (75.61%)

25 (71.43%)

0.661

118 (74.68%)

60 (71.43%)

0.647

CRT

64 (26.45%)

30 (24.39%)

10 (28.57%)

 

40 (25.32%)

24 (28.57%)

 

Surgery

AR

135 (55.79%)

67 (54.47%)

19 (54.29%)

1

86 (54.43%)

49 (58.33%)

0.237

APR

96 (39.67%)

52 (42.28%)

15 (42.86%)

 

67 (42.41%)

29 (34.52%)

 

Hartm

11 (4.55%)

4 (3.25%)

1 (2.86%)

 

5 (3.16%)

6 (7.14%)

 

Clavien

0–2

204 (84.30%)

107 (86.99%)

33 (94.29%)

0.366

140 (88.61%)

64 (76.19%)

0.015

 > 2

38 (15.70%)

16 (13.01%)

2 (5.71%)

 

18 (11.39%)

20 (23.81%)

 

ypT

0–1

25 (10.33%)

9 (7.32%)

4 (11.43%)

0.454

13 (8.23%)

12 (14.29%)

0.143

2

86 (35.54%)

51 (41.46%)

11 (31.43%)

 

62 (39.24%)

24 (28.57%)

 

3–4

131 (54.13%)

63 (51.22%)

20 (57.14%)

 

83 (52.53%)

48 (57.14%)

 

ypN

positive

91 (37.60%)

43 (34.96%)

14 (40.00%)

0.690

57 (36.08%)

34 (40.48%)

0.577

negative

151 (62.40%)

80 (65.04%)

21 (60.00%)

 

101 (63.92%)

50 (59.52%)

 

LNY

median (IQR)

11.5 (8–16)

12 (8–16)

11 (7.5–15.5)

0.620

11.5 (8–16)

11.5 (8–16)

0.666

TRG

0–1

88 (36.36%)

40 (32.52%)

9 (25.71%)

0.537

49 (31.01%)

39 (46.43%)

0.024

2–3

154 (63.64%)

83 (67.48%)

26 (74.29%)

 

109 (68.99%)

45 (53.57%)

 

LVI

Yes

8 (3.31%)

6 (2.50%)

0 (0.00%)

0.340

6 (3.80%)

2 (2.38%)

0.717

No

234 (96.69%)

117 (97.50%)

35 (100%)

 

152 (96.20%)

82 (97.62%)

 

PNI

Yes

9 (3.72%)

4 (3.25%)

1 (2.86%)

1

5 (3.16%)

4 (4.76%)

0.503

No

233 (96.28%)

119 (96.75%)

34 (97.14%)

 

153 (96.84%)

80 (95.24%)

 

Adjuvant CT

Yes

81 (33.47%)

41 (33.33%)

12 (34.29%)

1

53 (33.54%)

28 (33.33%)

1

No

161 (66.53%)

82 (66.67%)

23 (65.71%)

 

105 (66.46%)

56 (66.67%)

 

Adjuvant CT > 3 cycles

Yes

73 (30.17%)

35 (28.46%)

13 (37.14%)

0.405

48 (30.38%)

25 (29.76%)

1

No

169 (69.83%)

88 (71.54%)

22 (62.86%)

 

110 (69.62%)

59 (70.24%)

 

CT cycles

Median (IQR)

1 (0–4.75)

1 (0–4)

0 (0–6)

0.711

0.5 (0–4)

1 (0–5.25)

0.480

  1. SD Standard deviation, ACEI Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB Angiotensin receptor blockers, RASI Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, IQR Interquartile range, BMI Body mass index, CAD Coronary artery disease, DM Diabetes mellitus, CKD Chronic kidney disease, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, RT Radiotherapy, CRT Chemoradiotherapy, AR Anterior resection, APR Abdominoperineal resection, Hartm Hartmann’s procedure, Clavien Severity of postoperative complications according to the Clavien-Dindo classification, yG Tumor grade, LNY Lymph node yield, TRG Tumor regression grade, LVI Lymphovascular invasion, PNI Perineural invasion, CT Chemotherapy