Table 1 Medical history and histopathological data of study participants.

From: Influence of the duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus on colorectal cancer outcomes

Clinicopathological characteristics

Without T2DM (n = 613)

With T2DM (n = 204)

P value

Age (year)

64.42 ± 11.61

67.85 ± 8.27

< 0.001

Male:female ratio

317:296 (51.7%:48.3%)

139:65 (68.1%:31.9%)

< 0.001

Irresectable tumor

50 (8.2%)

17 (8.3%)

1.000

AJCC staging45 at tumor diagnosis:

0.882

 Stage I

67 (10.9%)

(17.2%)

 Stage II

159 (25.9%)

24.5%)

 Stage III

134 (21.9%)

48 (23.5%)

 Stage IV

253 (41.3%)

71 (34.8%)

Regional lymph node metastasis

279 (45.5%)

92 (45.1%)

1.000

Distant metastases:

1.000

 Synchronous

253 (41.3%)

71 (34.8%)

 Metachronous

75 (12.2%)

22 (10.8%)

Location of the tumor46:

1.000

 Left-sided

416 (67.9%)

0.1%)

 Right-sided

183 (29.9%)

56 (27.5%)

 Both (multiplex tumor)

14 (2.3%)

5 (2.5%)

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

68 (11.1%)

18 (8.8%)

1.000

Final lineage of chemotherapy

1.000

 Adjuvant only/First line

281 (45.8%)

42.6%)

 Second line

71 (11.6%)

25 (12.3%)

 Third line or above

81 (13.2%)

21 (10.3%)

Radiotherapy

1.000

 Preoperative

46 (7.5%)

7.8%)

 Postoperative

49 (8.0%)

14 (6.8%)

 Pre- and postoperative

4 (0.7%)

1 (0.5%)

Use of biological agentsa

182 (29.7%)

42 (20.6%)

0.147

Use of regorafenib or trifluridine/tipiracil

43 (7.0%)

10 (4.9%)

1.000

Medical history

 Hypertension

370 (60.4%)

184 (90.2%)

< 0.001

 Major cardiovascular event(s)b prior to CRC

88 (14.4%)

63 (30.9%)

< 0.001

 Thyroid disease (in euthyroid state)

57 (9.3%)

25 (12.3%)

1.000

 Appendectomy

93 (15.2%)

47 (23.0%)

0.160

 Cholecystectomy

82 (13.4%)

39 (19.1%)

0.581

Medications

 Antihypertensive therapy

345 (56.3%)

174 (85.3%)

< 0.001

 Statin therapy

86 (14.0%)

63 (30.9%)

< 0.001

 Aggregation inhibition

85 (13.9%)

68 (33.3%)

< 0.001

  1. Continuous and count data are presented as mean ± standard deviation and number of observations (percentage), respectively.
  2. aBevacizumab, cetuximab, and panitumumab. bMyocardial infarction, stroke, transient ischemic attack, pulmonary embolism, coronary artery bypass grafting, and/or stent implantation. AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus.