Overall Survival of Elderly Patients Having Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Is Comparable to Younger Patients: Results from a South Asian Population

Table 3

Multivariable analysis on significant variables in ≥70 years versus <50 years CRC patients.

	Estimated coefficient	Standard error	Z	value
Cox proportional method with significant variables (; Table 2)
Age	1.572	0.368	1.227	0.22
CEA	1.002	0.001	1.794	0.07
Cancer location	0.734	0.197	−1.571	0.11
Cardiac complications	3.399	0.489	2.501	0.01
Final Cox proportional hazard model
Cardiac complications	3.3	0.456	2.62	<0.01