Table 2 Baseline characteristics of super and poor survivors of early- and late-stage colon cancer in the UK Biobank cohort
Baseline characteristica | Early stage | Late stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Super survivors (133) | Poor survivors (16) | P value | Super survivors (65) | Poor survivors (89) | P value | |
Age at recruitment (year) | 60.97 (6.63) | 64.25 (5.21) | 0.06 | 59.57 (6.58) | 60.84 (6.21) | 0.22 |
Age at diagnosis (year) | 66.56 (7.22) | 74.81 (5.68) |  < 0.001 | 64.94 (6.56) | 69.01 (7.32) |  < 0.001 |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 73 (54.9) | 11 (68.8) | 0.43 | 39 (60.0) | 39 (43.8) | 0.07 |
 Female | 60 (45.1) | 5 (31.2) |  | 26 (40.0) | 50 (56.2) |  |
 Ethnic (White %) | 125 (94.7) | 16 (100.0) | 0.75 | 61 (95.3) | 85 (95.5) | 1.00 |
 BMI | 27.65 (4.26) | 30.01 (6.22) | 0.06 | 27.30 (4.60) | 28.37 (4.96) | 0.18 |
 Year from baseline to diagnosis | 5.04 (2.51) | 10.09 (3.29) |  < 0.001 | 4.88 (2.46) | 7.67 (3.60) |  < 0.001 |
 Year from diagnosis to death | 9.89 (2.45) | 0.44 (0.36) |  < 0.001 | 9.77 (2.61) | 0.37 (0.32) |  < 0.001 |
Alcohol drinker status | ||||||
 Never | 11 (8.3) | 2 (12.5) | 0.75 | 1 (1.5) | 5 (5.6) | 0.40 |
 Previous | 5 (3.8) | 1 (6.2) |  | 5 (7.7) | 5 (5.6) |  |
 Current | 117 (88.0) | 13 (81.2) |  | 58 (89.2) | 79 (88.8) |  |
Smoking | ||||||
 Never | 65 (48.9) | 9 (56.2) | 0.86 | 35 (53.8) | 53 (59.6) | 0.74 |
 Previous | 58 (43.6) | 6 (37.5) |  | 24 (36.9) | 28 (31.5) |  |
 Current | 10 (7.5) | 1 (6.2) |  | 5 (7.7) | 8 (9.0) |  |
Survival status | ||||||
 Alive | 128 (96.2) | 0 (0.0) |  < 0.001 | 58 (89.2) | 0 (0.0) |  < 0.001 |
 Death | 5 (3.8) | 16 (100.0) |  | 7 (10.8) | 89 (100.0) |  |