Research Article

Clinical Outcomes of Ileostomy Closure during versus after Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Rectal Cancer

Table 1

Comparison of demographic characteristics between two groups.

Group AGroup B value
(n = 115) (%)(n = 100) (%)

Sex, male73 (63.5%)61 (61.0%)0.708
Age (year)61.43 ± 10.6659.77 ± 10.740.259
BMI (kg/m2)22.87 ± 3.18523.33 ± 2.910.274
Smoking46 (40.0%)48 (48.0%)0.238
Alcohol consumption44 (34.8%)44 (44.0%)0.393
Comorbidity
 Hypertension26 (22.6%)23 (23.0%)0.946
 Diabetes16 (13.9%)8 (8.0%)0.170
 Coronary disease14 (12.2%)11 (11.0%)0.789
 Pneumonia6 (5.2%)9 (9.0%)0.278
 Hepatitis3 (2.6%)8 (8.0%)0.118
ASA score0.668
 I37 (32.2%)38 (38.0%)
 II51 (44.3%)41 (41.0%)
 III27 (23.5%)21 (21.0%)
cTNM stage0.475
 I5 (4.3%)8 (8.0%)
 II37 (32.2%)28 (28.0%)
 III73 (63.5%)64 (64.0%)
ypTNM stage0.917
 01 (0.9%)2 (2.0%)
 I7 (6.1%)10 (10.0%)
 II11 (9.6%)12 (12.0%)
 III13 (11.3%)20 (20.0%)
Neoadjuvant radiotherapy22 (19.1%)28 (28.0%)0.125
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy32 (27.9%)36 (36.0%)0.199
Tumor location (cm)5.97 ± 2.125.52 ± 2.120.127
Albumin(g/L)37.99 ± 4.0337.79 ± 3.830.583
Serum creatinine(μmol/L)70.97 ± 17.4470.59 ± 11.140.854
Stoma location, right46 (40.0%)50 (50.0%)0.141
Distance between stoma and ileocecal part (cm)35.33 ± 9.3633.07 ± 11.380.245

BMI, body mass index; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; cTNM, clinical tumor node metastasis; ypTNM, neoadjuvant pathological tumor node metastasis.