Does Extending the Waiting Time of Low-Rectal Cancer Surgery after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Increase the Perioperative Complications?

Table 1

Demographic data.

Characteristic	Group A; (≤8 weeks)	Group B; (>8 weeks)	value
Age (years)	53.2 (45.6–60.8)	61.9 (67.5–66.3)	0.37
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	22.0 (19.5–24.6)	23.8 (22.5–25.1 )	0.17
Sex			0.38
Male	14 (82)	23 (53)
Female	3 (28)	20 (47)
Mean Charlson comorbidity index	1.2	1.4	0.61
Clinical T stage			0.89
T3	14 (82)	36 (83)
T4	3 (18)	7 (17)
Clinical N positive			0.31
Negative	2 (12)	10 (23)
Positive	15 (88)	33 (76)
Distance from anal verge (cm)	4.5 (3.4–5.7)	5.6 (4.9–6.3)	0.17

Except for the mean Charlson comorbidity index, values are presented as mean (95% confidence interval) or number (%).