The Impact of Comorbid Diabetes on Short-Term Postoperative Outcomes in Stage I/II Colon Cancer Patients Undergoing Open Colectomy

Table 8

Short-term postoperative outcomes in stage I/II colon cancer patients with or without comorbidity.

	Without any comorbidity	With diabetes only	With diabetes and hypertension only
	(Weighted )	(Weighted )	(Weighted )
	In-hospital mortality	244 (1.55)	21 (1.43)^a	36 (1.64)
Postoperative complications	4156 (26.54)	397 (27.03)	611 (27.80)
Hospital days	5092 (32.62)	546 (37.31)^a	957 (43.31)^a,b

^a indicates statistical significance compared to patients without any comorbidity (). ^b indicates statistical significance compared to patients with diabetes only ().