Advantages of a multi-state approach in surgical research: how intermediate events and risk factor profile affect the prognosis of a patient with locally advanced rectal cancer

Table 1 Summary of patients’ clinical and pathological characteristics

Variable	Median [range]	n (%)
Age	62 year [29–85]
BMI	25.4 kg/m² [15–49.2]
Gender
Male		308 (65.4)
Female		163 (34.6)
Adjuvant therapy
5-FU alone		166 (35.2)
5-FU + FA		175 (37.2)
5-FU + IFN-α		130 (27.6)
UICC tumor stage
II		160 (34.0)
IIIa		48 (10.2)
IIIb		134 (28.5)
IIIc		129 (27.4)
Tumor grade
1 + 2		349 (74.1)
3 + 4		122 (25.9)
Operation type
Abdominoperineal amputation		163 (34.6)
Anterior resection		308 (65.4)

The table describes characteristics of the subgroup of patients included in the multi-state analysis (n = 471)

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