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Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of the high- and low-SAS groups before and after propensity score matching

From: The impact of the surgical Apgar score on oncological outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer: a propensity score-matched study

Characteristics

Before matching, n (%)

P value

After matching, n (%)

P value

Group H (SAS >6)

Group L (SAS ≤6)

Group H (SAS >6)

Group L (SAS ≤6)

n = 449

n = 190

n = 156

n = 156

Age

 Years, IQR

70 (62−76)

69 (62−75)

0.762

69 (61−76)

69 (62−75)

0.82

Gender

 Female

189 (68.7%)

86 (31.3%)

0.46

70 (50.4%)

69 (49.6%)

0.909

 Male

260 (71.4%)

104 (28.6%)

 

86 (49.7%)

87 (50.3%)

 

BMI

 kg/m2, IQR

22.4 (20.4−24.4)

21.8 (19.9−24.2)

0.167

22.3 (20.6−23.9)

22.0 (19.8−24.3)

0.453

Smoking

 Yes

167 (71.1%)

68 (28.9%)

0.737

54 (48.2%)

58 (51.8%)

0.637

 No

282 (69.8%)

122 (30.2%)

 

102 (51.0%)

98 (49.0%)

 

CCI

 < 1

231 (69.0%)

104 (31.0%)

0.447

77 (47.2%)

86 (52.8%)

0.308

 ≥ 1

218 (71.7%)

86 (28.3%)

 

79 (53.0%)

70 (47.0%)

 

Albumin

 g/dL

4.1 (3.8−4.3)

4.0 (3.7−4.3)

0.003

4.1 (3.7−4.3)

4.1 (3.8−4.3)

0.985

CRP

 mg/dL

0.08 (0.03−0.29)

0.16 (0.05−0.61)

<0.001

0.09 (0.03−0.5)

0.14 (0.04−0.36)

0.18

GPS

 0

394 (73.5%)

142 (26.5%)

<0.001

132 (50.4%)

130 (49.6%)

0.758

 1,2

55 (53.4%)

48 (46.6%)

 

24 (48.0%)

26 (52.0%)

 

ASA-PS

 1

71 (70.3%)

30 (29.7%)

0.8

24 (53.3%)

21 (46.7%)

0.862

 2

325 (70.8%)

134 (29.2%)

 

114 (49.1%)

118 (50.9%)

 

 3

53 (67.1%)

26 (32.9%)

 

18 (51.4%)

17 (48.6%)

 

Location

 Colon

329 (71.5%)

131 (28.5%)

0.266

111 (49.1%)

115 (50.9%)

0.612

 Rectum

120 (67.0%)

59 (33.0%)

 

45 (52.3%)

41 (47.7%)

 

pT

 1

132 (79.5%)

34 (20.5%)

0.003

38 (52.8%)

34 (47.2%)

0.469

 2

76 (75.2%)

25 (24.8%)

 

23 (53.5%)

20 (46.5%)

 

 3

168 (65.9%)

87 (38.7%)

 

70 (51.5%)

66 (48.5%)

 

 4

73 (62.4%)

44 (37.6%)

 

25 (41.0%)

36 (59.0%)

 

pN

 0

326 (72.3%)

125 (27.7%)

0.064

106 (50.0%)

106 (50.0%)

1

 1

89 (69.0%)

40 (31.0%)

 

32 (50.0%)

32 (50.0%)

 

 2

34 (57.6%)

25 (42.4%)

 

18 (50.0%)

18 (50.0%)

 

pStage

 I

186 (77.8%)

53 (22.2%)

0.005

55 (52.9%)

49 (47.1%)

0.712

 II

140 (66.0%)

72 (34.0%)

 

51 (47.2%)

57 (52.8%)

 

 III

123 (65.4%)

65 (34.6%)

 

50 (50.0%)

50 (50.0%)

 

Histologically tumor type

 Differentiated

432 (71.2%)

175 (28.8%)

0.03

146 (50.0%)

146 (50.0%)

1

 Undifferentiated

17 (53.1%)

15 (46.9%)

 

10 (50.0%)

10 (50.0%)

 

Procedures

 Laparoscopy

348 (81.1%)

81 (18.9%)

<0.001

81 (50.0%)

81 (50.0%)

1

 Open surgery

101 (48.1%)

109 (51.9%)

 

75 (50.0%)

75 (50.0%)

 

EBL

 mL, IQR

38 (20−80)

168 (50−410)

<0.001

50 (20−100)

118 (31−286)

<0.001

Operative time

 min, IQR

211 (175−266)

234 (176−287)

0.023

213 (178−270)

226 (170−266)

0.798

Transfusion

 Yes

19 (40.4%)

28 (59.6%)

<0.001

8 (34.8%)

15 (65.2%)

0.129

 No

430 (72.6%)

162 (27.4%)

 

148 (51.2%)

141 (48.8%)

 

POC

 ≤ CDC II

393 (73.2%)

144 (26.8%)

<0.001

135 (52.3%)

123 (47.7%)

0.073

 ≥ CDC III

56 (54.9%)

46 (45.1%)

 

21 (38.9%)

33 (61.1%)

 

Postoperative stay

 Days, IQR

12 (10−18)

14 (11−23)

<0.001

13 (11−19)

13 (10−22)

0.592

  1. IQR Interquartile range, BMI Body mass index, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, CRP C-reactive protein, GPS Glasgow prognostic score, POC Postoperative complication, CDC Clavien-Dindo classification