Application of Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging and Histogram Analysis for Assessing Preoperative Stages of Rectal Cancer

Table 2

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics.

Characteristic	Result
Gender
Male	27 (54%)
Female	23 (46%)
Mean age (y)	57.7
Tumor location
Low rectum	28 (56%)
Mid rectum	19 (38%)
High rectum	3 (6%)
T stage
T1-2	19 (38%)
T3-4	31 (62%)
Number of p-LN+	53
Number of MRI-LN+	36 (68%)

Note: p-LN+ indicates pathological positive lymph node.