| |
Tattooed group N = 107
|
Control group N = 143
|
P
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
71.3 (62.4-78.0)
|
73.3 (65.9-80.0)
|
0.14
|
|
Colonic cancer
|
71.1 (62.1-77.7)
|
74.3 (67.2-80.5)
|
0.05
|
|
Rectal cancer
|
74.5 (65.9-79.9)
|
72.4 (63.6-79.2)
|
0.50
|
|
Gender
| | | |
|
(Male/Female)
|
50 (47%)/57 (53%)
|
82 (57%)/61 (43%)
|
0.09
|
|
Colonic cancer
|
45 (46%)/52 (54%)
|
52 (54%)/44 (46%)
|
0.20
|
|
Rectal cancer
|
5 (50%)/5 (50%)
|
30 (64%)/17 (36%)
|
0.40
|
|
BMI
a
|
26.0 ± 3.5
|
24.7 ± 4.0
|
0.08
|
|
Colonic cancer
|
25.8 ± 3.5
|
24.7 ± 3.9
|
0.20
|
|
Rectal cancer
|
28.5 ± 2.6
|
24.6 ± 4.1
|
0.08
|
- aThe BMI was available only for the 97 patients who were operated on in the year 2011, 46 (4 with rectal cancer) in the tattooed group and 51 (20 with rectal cancer) in the control group.
