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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients (n = 200)

From: A magnetic resonance imaging-based decision-making tool for predicting complex anal fistulas healing in the early postoperative period

Patient characteristic

no. (%) / median(range)

Healing (n = 101)

Non-healing(n = 99)

P

Male (%)

92(91.1)

94(94.9)

0.43

Age (years)

37(19 ~ 65)

34(18 ~ 61)

0.33

BMI (Kg/m2)

23.7(17.9 ~ 35.9)

23.9(16.9 ~ 34.6)

0.6

Smoking history (%)

40(39.6)

52(52.5)

0.09

Alcohol intake history (%)

8(7.9)

20(20.2)

0.02

Previous anal surgery (%)

70(69.3)

64(64.6)

0.58

Fistula classification (%)

  

0.41

 Intersphincteric

23(22.8)

19(19.2)

 

 Transsphincteric

62(61.4)

55(55.6)

 

 Suprasphincteric

15(14.8)

24(24.2)

 

 Extrasphincteric

1(1)

1(1)

 

Horseshoe fistula (%)

55(54.5)

54(54.5)

1.00

Recurrent fistula (%)

38(37.6)

33(33.3)

0.63

Postoperative CNR value

36.6(2.1 ~ 156.3)

99.9(13.9 ~ 514.1)

< 0.01

Postoperative ADC value (10− 3mm2/s)

1.35(0.2 ~ 2.08)

1.28(0.82 ~ 2.01)

0.01