Table 1: Clinical presentation, tumor site, tumor grade, Duke`s stage, and the treatment applied in young and elderly patients (N=72, Group(1) =10 and group (2) =62).
*missing values.
| No | Item | Group 1 | Group 2 | Chi-square |
| 1. | CLINICAL PRESENTATION: |
| Acute | 4 (40%) | 18 (29%) | 0.485 |
| Cold | 6 (60%) | 44 (71%) |
| Total | 10 (100%) | 62 (100%) |
| 2. | TUMOR SITE: |
| Right-sided: |
| Cecum | 1 (10%) | 6 (9.7%) | 0.719 |
| Ascending colon | 0 | 2 (3.2%) |
| Hepatic flexure | 2 (20%) | 5 (8.1%) |
| Transverse colon | 0 | 3 (4.8%) |
| Total | 3 (30%) | 16 (25.8%) |
| Left-sided: |
| Splenic flexure | 1 (10%) | 4 (6.5%) | 0.933 |
| Descending colon | 0 | 2 (3.2%) |
| Sigmoid | 2 (20%) | 18 (29%) |
| Rectum | 4 (40%) | 22 (35.5%) |
| Total | 7 (70%) | 46 (74.2%) |
| 3. | TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION: |
| Well-differentiated | 3 (30%) | 15 (24.2%) | 0.474 |
| Moderately differentiated | 7 (70%) | 38 (61.3%) |
| Poorly-differentiated | 0 | 8 (12.9%) |
| Total | 10 (100%) | 61 (98.4%)* |
| 4. | DUKE`S STAGE: |
| B | 0 | 6 (9.7%) | 0.741 |
| C1 | 3 (30%) | 14 (22.6%) |
| C2 | 3 (30%) | 21 (33.9%) |
| D | 3 (30%) | 17 (27.4%) |
| Total | 9 (90%)* | 58 (93.5%)* |
| 5. | TREATMENT APPLIED: |
| Curative: |
| Abdominoperineal resection | 0 | 5 (8.1%) | 0.815 |
| Anterior resection | 1 (10%) | 4 (6.5%) |
| Right hemicolectomy | 2 (20%) | 13 (21%) |
| Left hemicolectomy | 3 (30%) | 18 (29%) |
| Total | 6 (60%) | 40 (64.5%) |
| Palliative: |
| Colostomy | 3 (30) | 8 (12.9%) | 0.156 |
| Chemoradiation | 1 (10) | 10 (16.1%) |
| Total | 4 (40%) | 18 (29%)* |