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Table 1 Characteristics of included patients

From: Effect of sidedness on survival among patients with early-stage colon cancer: a SEER-based propensity score matching analysis

  Before matching, n (%) P After matching, n (%) P
Left colon, n=25,094 Right colon, n=45,156 Left colon, n=5118 Right colon, n=5118
Age, years (median) 65 72 <0.01 66 66 0.91
Age groups    <0.01    0.86
 <50 3057 (12.18) 2770 (6.13)   626 (12.23) 608 (11.88)  
 50–69 12,296 (49.00) 16,350 (36.21)   2428 (47.44) 2438 (47.64)  
 ≥70 9741 (38.82) 26,036 (57.66)   2064 (40.33) 2072 (40.48)  
Sex    <0.01    0.74
 Male 13,451 (53.60) 20,708 (45.86)   2720 (53.15) 2738 (53.50)  
 Female 11,634 (46.36) 24,448 (54.14)   2398 (46.85) 2380 (46.50)  
Race    <0.01    0.29
 White 19,297 (76.90) 36,705 (81.28)   3995 (78.06) 4041 (78.96)  
 Black 2934 (11.69) 5382 (11.92)   591 (11.55) 586 (11.45)  
 Others 2756 (10.98) 2935 (6.50)   518 (10.12) 484 (9.45)  
 Unknown 107 (0.43) 134 (0.30)   14 (0.27) 7 (0.14)  
Grade    <0.01    0.66
 I 2329 (9.28) 3858 (8.54)   506 (9.89) 525 (10.26)  
 II 19,469 (77.58) 31,131 (68.94)   3882 (75.85) 3892 (76.05)  
 III 2802 (11.17) 8288 (18.35)   643 (12.56) 627 (12.25)  
 IV 494 (1.97) 1879 (4.16)   87 (1.70) 74 (1.44)  
T    <0.01    0.73
 T1 4402 (17.54) 5879 (13.02)   912 (17.82) 895 (17.49)  
 T2 4019 (16.02) 7938 (17.58)   843 (16.47) 855 (16.71)  
 T3 13,407 (53.43) 25,277 (55.98)   2765 (54.03) 2801 (54.73)  
 T4 3266 (13.02) 6062 (13.42)   598 (11.68) 567 (11.07)  
N    <0.01    0.54
 N0 15,479 (61.68) 29,242 (64.76)   3184 (62.21) 3226 (63.03)  
 N1 6684 (26.64) 10,350 (22.92)   1336 (26.10) 1327 (25.93)  
 N2 2931 (11.68) 5564 (12.32)   598 (11.69) 565 (11.04)  
Stage    <0.01    0.85
 I 6938 (27.65) 11,912 (26.38)   1458 (28.49) 1469 (28.70)  
 II 8541 (34.04) 17,330 (38.38)   1726 (33.72) 1757 (34.33)  
 III 9615 (38.32) 15,914 (35.24)   1934 (37.79) 1892 (36.97)  
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