Table 1 Comparison of young (n = 53) versus older (n = 47) patients with colorectal cancer

Number (percent)

Number(percent)

Gender

26 (49%)

26 (55%)

0.53*

27 (51%)

21 (45%)

Duration of symptoms (Months)

7.9

6.6

0.44*

Neo-Adjuvant Therapy

Received

8 (15%)

11 (23.4%)

0.29*

Not received

45 (85%)

36 (76.6%)

Right hemicolectomy

6 (11%)

3 (6%)

Left hemicolectomy

3 (6%)

1 (2%)

Sigmoid colectomy

2 (4%)

4 (9%)

Anterior resection

22 (41.5%)

30 (64%)

Abdomino-perineal resection

4 (7.5%)

5 (11%)

Subtotal colectomy

5 (9.4%)

Nil

Hartmann's procedure

3 (5.7%)

3 (6%)

Restorative proctocolectomy

8 (15.1%)

Nil

Trans-anal excision

Nil

1 (2%)