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Table 2 Surgical data and tumor characteristics of patients with CRC classified by 5-mFI score

From: The five-item modified frailty index predicts long-term outcomes in elderly patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery

  

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

 

Characteristic

n

5-mFI: 0, 1

(n = 164), n (%)

5-mFI: 2

(n = 91), n (%)

5-mFI: ≥ 3

(n = 44), n (%)

p-value

Surgical procedure

    

0.028*

 Laparoscopic

237

136 (82.9%)

73 (80.2%)

28 (63.6%)

 

 Open

62

28 (17.1%)

18 (19.8%)

16 (36.4%)

 

Blood loss (ml)

    

0.426

  < 150

207

114 (69.5%)

66 (72.5%)

27 (61.4%)

 

  ≥ 150

92

50 (30.5%)

25 (27.5%)

17 (38.6%)

 

Operation time (min)

    

0.524

  < 270

130

66 (40.2%)

43 (47.3%)

21 (47.7%)

 

  ≥ 270

169

98 (59.8%)

48 (52.7%)

23 (52.3%)

 

Tumor location

    

0.316

 Right side (C–T)

126

64 (39.0%)

42 (46.2%)

20 (45.5%)

 

 Left side (D–Rs)

122

66 (40.2%)

36 (39.6%)

20 (45.5%)

 

 Rectum

51

34 (20.8%)

13 (14.2%)

4 (9.0%)

 

Tumor size (mm)

    

0.486

  ≤ 40

169

90 (54.9%)

56 (61.5%)

23 (52.3%)

 

  > 40

130

74 (45.1%)

35 (38.5%)

21 (47.7%)

 

UICC stage

    

0.038*

 I/II

191

115 (70.1%)

53 (58.2%)

23 (52.3%)

 

 III

108

49 (29.9%)

38 (41.8%)

21 (47.7%)

 

Tumor differentiation

    

0.392

 Well and moderate

284

153 (93.3%)

88 (96.7%)

43 (97.7%)

 

 Poor and mucin

15

11 (6.7%)

3 (3.3%)

1 (2.3%)

 

Tumor margin status

    

0.379

 R0

275

154 (93.9%)

81 (89.0%)

40 (90.9%)

 

 R1

24

10 (6.1%)

10 (11.0%)

4 (9.1%)

 
  1. 5-mFI 5-item modified frailty index, UICC Union of International Cancer Control
  2. *Statistically significant