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Table 2 The postoperative clinicopathological characteristics of T2 CRC patients (n = 787)

From: Identification of predictors for lymph node metastasis in T2 colorectal cancer: retrospective cohort study from a high-volume hospital

  

N0

n = 603 (%)

N1/2

n = 184 (%)

P-value

OR (95%CI)

Lymph node dissected a

15.00 (5.00)

14.00 (5.00)

0.780

 

Primary site of the tumor

 

0.246

 
 

Ascending colon

63 (86.3)

10 (13.7)

  
 

Transverse colon

11 (84.6)

2 (15.4)

  
 

Descending colon

23 (85.2)

4 (14.8)

  
 

Sigmoid colon

131 (77.1)

39 (22.9)

  
 

Rectum

375 (74.4)

129 (25.6)

  

Degree of differentiation

  

0.002

 
 

Well

45 (88.2)

6 (11.8)

  
 

Moderate

517 (77.6)

149 (22.4)

0.164

 
 

Poor

41 (58.6)

29 (41.4)

0.003

4.471 (1.638–12.200)

Tumor size a

 

3.50 (2.00)

3.00 (1.70)

0.021

0.853 (0.745–0.977)

Mucinous adenocarcinoma

  

0.646

 
 

No

535 (76.8)

162 (23.2)

  
 

Yes

68 (75.6)

22 (24.4)

  

Tumor necrosis

  

0.776

 
 

No

563 (76.7)

171 (23.3)

  
 

Yes

40 (75.5)

13 (24.5)

  

Multifocality

  

0.158

 
 

No

598 (76.9)

180 (23.1)

  
 

Yes

5 (55.6)

4 (44.4)

  

Perineural invasion

  

0.001

4.491 (1.829–11.031)

 

No

594 (77.9)

169 (22.1)

  
 

Yes

9 (37.5)

15 (62.5)

  

Lymphovascular invasion

  

0.002

2.749 (1.468–5.145)

 

No

577 (78.4)

159 (21.6)

  
 

Yes

26 (51.0)

25 (49.0)

  
  1. a Values are presented as median (IQR)
  2. CRC, colorectal cancer