Pathological Characteristics, Prognostic Determinants and the Outcome of Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali
Table 5
Correlation between prognostic determinants and tumor grade and stage.
Characteristics
Tumor grades
OR (95% CI)
Tumor stages
OR (95% CI)
Low
High
Low
High
Immune response
(n = 101)
(n = 70)
High
42
30
2.6 (1.1–6.5)
0.03
27
27
2.2 (0.7–7.2)
0.19
Low
10
19
5
11
Lympho-vascular invasion
(n = 101)
(n = 70)
Not present
38
14
6.7 (2.8–16.2)
<0.0001
19
21
1.18 (0.4–3.0)
0.7
Present
14
35
13
17
Perineural invasion
(n = 101)
(n = 70)
Not present
43
29
3.29 (1.3–8.24)
0.01
20
26
0.76 (0.3–2.0)
0.6
Present
9
20
12
12
Tumor border
(n = 101)
(n = 70)
Expansile
30
15
3.1 (1.4–7.0)
0.007
17
13
2.17 (0.8–5.7)
0.11
Irreg. infiltrating
22
34
15
25
Margin status
(n = 101)
(n = 70)
Neg. radial marg.
46
26
6,7 (2.4–18.7)
0.0002
23
28
0.91 (0.3–2.6)
0.8
Pos radial marg.
6
23
9
10
Histologic type
(n = 101)
(n = 70)
Carcinoma, NOS
40
21
4.4 (1.8–10.4)
0.0007
22
23
1.43 (0.5–3.8)
0.47
Carcinoma, mucinous
12
28
10
15
value by Fisher’s exact test; NOS: not otherwise specified; OR: odds ratio; and CI: confidence interval.
