Does Preoperative Waiting Time Affect the Short-Term Outcomes and Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer Patients? A Retrospective Study from the West of China
Table 1
Baseline information of the different waiting groups.
Characteristics
Short-waiting group (n = 2533)
Intermediate-waiting group (n = 845)
Long-waiting group (n = 366)
value
Age (year)
62.8 ± 11.9
63.6 ± 11.8
63.8 ± 12.6
0.072
Sex
0.549
Male
1458 (57.6%)
504 (59.6%)
210 (57.4%)
Female
1075 (42.4%)
341 (40.4%)
156 (42.6%)
BMI (kg/m2)
22.7 ± 3.2
22.8 ± 3.3
22.9 ± 3.1
0.492
T2DM
282 (11.1%)
107 (12.7%)
55 (15.0%)
0.070
Smoking
946 (37.3%)
332 (39.3%)
129 (35.2%)
0.375
Drinking
768 (30.3%)
270 (32.0%)
106 (29.0%)
0.527
Hypertension
641 (25.3%)
228 (27.0%)
114 (31.1%)
0.051
Laparoscopy
2206 (87.1%)
749 (88.6%)
326 (89.1%)
0.337
Family history
77 (3.0%)
29 (3.4%)
15 (4.1%)
0.526
Tumor location
0.334
Colon
1192 (47.1%)
382 (45.2%)
159 (43.4%)
Rectum
1341 (52.9%)
463 (54.8%)
207 (56.6%)
Clinical stage
0.086
I
493 (19.5%)
190 (22.5%)
91 (24.9%)
II
672 (26.5%)
214 (25.3%)
86 (23.5%)
III
1368 (54.0%)
441 (52.2%)
189 (51.6%)
Note. Variables are expressed as the mean ± SD, n (%); value <0.05. T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index.
