The impact of age on rectal cancer treatment, complications and survival

BMC Cancer

Table 7 Factors associated with death within 90 days, in 431 patients treated for rectal cancer stages I-III with a major resection with curative intent (R0 or R1 resection) in 1980-2016

Factor	Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	p value	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	p value
Age (years)	1.08 (1.02 to 1.16)	0.011	1.08 (1.004 to 1.16)	0.036
Calendar year	0.94 (0.89 to 0.99)	0.023	0.92 (0.87 to 0.98)	0.006
ASA score ^a	3.43 (1.24 to 9.48)	0.018	3.33 (1.08 to 10.31)	0.037

Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed with death as the dependent variable. Unadjusted: performed with one covariate at a time; adjusted: performed with all the listed covariates simultaneously
^a ASA scores were compared between the following groups: 1-2, 3, 4-5

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