Research Article

Colonic Stents for Colorectal Cancer Are Seldom Used and Mainly for Palliation of Obstruction: A Population-Based Study

Table 4

Relationship between time to surgery and patient age, sex, metastases at presentation, and types of stent based on a multivariate regression model using a cause-specific hazard approach to accommodate for the competing risk of death.

VariableHazard ratio (95% CI) value

Age0.97 (0.95–1.00)0.03
Sex
 FemaleReference0.18
 Male0.78 (0.38–1.59)
Metastases
 NoReference0.001
 Yes0.14 (0.06–0.32)
Stent type
 EndoscopicReference0.03
 Radiologic0.43 (0.20–0.92)