Table 1 Characteristics of 269 Chinese patients who underwent radical surgery for rectal cancer
From: Quality of life in rectal cancer patients after radical surgery: a survey of Chinese patients
Characteristic | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | Â |
  Male | 171 (63.57) |
  Female | 98 (36.43) |
Age | Â |
  Young (<45 years) | 24 (8.92) |
  Middle age (45 to 60 years) | 77 (28.62) |
  Old (≥60 years) | 168 (62.45) |
Marital status | Â |
  Married | 258 (95.9) |
  Unmarried | 11 (4.1) |
Religious faith | Â |
  Yes | 13 (4.8) |
  No | 256 (95.2) |
Medical insurance | Â |
  Yes | 248 (92.2) |
  No | 21 (7.8) |
Education | Â |
  Primary school or less | 62 (23.05) |
  Middle school | 149 (55.39) |
  University or more | 58 (21.56) |
Occupation | Â |
  Working | 120 (44.61) |
  Not working | 149 (55.39) |
TNM stage | Â |
  1 | 81 (30.11) |
  2 | 103 (38.29) |
  3 | 85 (31.60) |
Adjuvant therapy | Â |
  Yes | 124 (46.10) |
  No | 145 (53.90) |
Postoperative time | Â |
  ≤24 months | 72 (26.77) |
  24 to 60 months | 100 (37.17) |
  >60 months | 97 (36.06) |
Site of tumor | Â |
  Low | 69 (25.65) |
  Middle | 135 (50.19) |
  High | 65 (24.16) |
Stoma | Â |
  Yes | 45 (16.73) |
  No | 224 (83.27) |
Type of operation | Â |
  APR | 35 (13.01) |
  AR | 223 (82.90) |
  CAA | 8 (2.97) |
  Hartmann’s procedure | 3 (1.12) |