Table 1 Basic characteristics of the study population divided by recurrence <1 year vs no recurrence or later than 1 year

From: Prognostic value of circulating tumour cells for early recurrence after resection of colorectal liver metastases

Total inclusion n =173

Variable

Recurrence <1 year ( n =82)

No recurrence or recurrence >1 year ( n =91)

P -value

Age (years, median (range))

63 (36–81)

65 (37–84)

0.26

Gender (male)

52 (63%)

59 (65%)

0.85

Liver metastases

Number of tumours (median (range))a

2 (1–10)

1 (1–8)

0.04

Size largest tumour (cm, median (range))a

2.8 (0.2–18)

2.6 (0.2–10)

0.24

Bilobar distribution

27 (33%)

28 (31%)

0.76

Time to resection

Synchronous

27 (33%)

25 (28%)

0.02

Metachronous

34 (42%)

55 (60%)

 

Recurrence

21 (25%)

11 (12%)

 

Clinical risk score a

0–2

46 (60%)

69 (79%)

<0.01

3–5

31 (40%)

18 (21%)

 

Preoperative chemotherapy

41 (50%)

39 (43%)

0.35

Primary tumour

 Site primary tumoura

   

 Colon

59 (72%)

66 (73%)

0.84

 Rectum

23 (28%)

24 (27%)

 

 Tumour-stage primary tumoura

   

 0–2

11 (14%)

12 (13%)

0.94

 3–4

69 (86%)

78 (87%)

 

 Lymph node primary tumoura

   

 Positive

49 (60%)

45 (50%)

0.17

 Negative

32 (40%)

45 (50%)

 
  1. aMissing data. The bold entries represent findings that are statistically significant.