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Table 2 Relationship between clinicopathologic features and lymph nodes metastases in 90 patients

From: MRI for nodal restaging after neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer with histopathologic comparison

Parameters

Total

(n = 90)

ypN0

(n = 63)

ypN+

(n = 27)

P value

Age (years)

55 (24–82)*

56(27–82) *

55(24–75) *

0.926 a

Sex

   

0.830 b

Man

68 (75.6%)

48(76.2%)

20(74.1%)

 

Woman

22 (24.4%)

15(23.8%)

7(25.9%)

 

Tumor location#

   

0.777 c

Upper

11(12.2%)

7(11.1%)

4(14.8%)

 

Middle

51(56.7%)

35(55.6%)

16(59.3%)

 

Lower

28(31.1%)

21(33.3%)

7(25.9%)

 

Histological subtype

   

0.234 c

Nonmucinous adenocarcinoma

82(91.1%)

59(93.7%)

23(85.2%)

 

Mucinous adenocarcinoma

8(8.9%)

4(6.3%)

4(14.8.%)

 

Differentiation

   

0.808 c

Well

1(1.1%)

1(1.6%)

0(0.0%)

 

Moderate

78(86.7%)

55(87.3%)

23(85.2%)

 

Poor

11(12.2%)

7(11.1%)

4(14.8%)

 

ypT stage

   

0.004 b

ypT0-2

44(48.9%)

37(58.7%)

7(25.9%)

 

ypT3-4

46(51.1%)

26(41.3%)

20(74.1%)

 
  1. * Date are medians and ranges in parentheses
  2. # According to the distance from the most caudal border of the rectal tumor to the anal verge on MRI: upper, > 10 cm; middle, 5–10 cm; lower, < 5 cm
  3. a Mann-Whitney U test, bχ2 test, c Fisher’s exact test
  4. yp, post-neoadjuvant treatment pathological feature