showed a trendP = 0.06
Association of the IPAA stages with fecal continence outcomes With the three-stage procedure as reference category, univariate linear regression showed that the two-stage procedure with diverting ileostomy was significantly associated with increased Wexner scores ( B = 1.042, P = 0.008), while the two-stage procedure without diverting ileostomy only showed a trend towards increased Wexner scores ( B = 0.727, P = 0.06).