Research Article

The Role of Heart Rate, Body Temperature, and Respiratory Rate in Predicting Anastomotic Leakage following Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data.

ParameterLeak ()No leak () value

Gender (M (%))23 (76.7)222 (54.4)0.018
Age (≥60 y, (%))24 (80.0)273 (66.9)0.139
Diabetes ( (%))9 (30.0)24 (5.88)0.001
Cardiovascular disease ( (%))8 (26.7)84 (20.6)0.430
BMI (≥25 kg/m2, (%))20 (66.6)255 (62.5)0.648
ASA score (3~4, (%))8 (26.7)132 (32.4)0.519
Hb (≤110 g/L, (%))5 (16.6)60 (14.7)0.770
ALB (≤35 g/L, (%))6 (20.0)30 (7.35)0.015
Surgical method (laparoscopy, (%))28 (93.3)387 (94.9)0.719
Prophylactic ileostomy ( (%))9 (30.0)118 (28.9)0.900
Tumor distance from anal verge (≤5 cm, (%))13 (43.3)96 (23.5)0.015
Neoadjuvant CRT ( (%))11 (36.6)42 (10.3)0.001
TNM stage (III~IV, (%))16 (53.3)186 (45.9)0.411
Tumor diameter (≥3 cm, (%))25 (83.3)270 (66.2)0.053
Postoperative hospital stay (days, )0.001

Note: M: male; BMI: body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; Hb: hemoglobin; ALB: albumin; CRT: chemoradiotherapy; TNM: tumor node metastasis.