Clinicopathological Factors Influencing Lymph Node Yield in Colorectal Cancer: A Retrospective Study

Table 5

Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of clinicopathological factors influencing lymph node retrieval in 675 rectal cancer specimens.

Factor	Univariate			Multivariate
	value	95% CI	OR	value	95% CI	OR
Specimen length	≤0.001	2.025-4.165	2.904	≤0.001	1.501-3.255	2.210
Emergency surgery	0.023	1.092-3.247	1.883	0.133	0.874-2.777	1.558
N positivity	≤0.001	1.471-2.824	2.038	0.287	0.793-2.184	1.317
T status	≤0.001	1.636-2.443	1.999	0.002	1.148-1.847	1.456
N status	≤0.001	1.089-1.573	1.308	0.902	0.784-1.318	1.016
Tumor dimension	≤0.001	2.031-3.873	2.804	≤0.001	1.456-2.919	2.061

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.