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. 2023 Jun 22;9(6):e17495. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17495

Table 2.

Clinicopathological characteristics of 312 endometrial cancers according to DNA mismatch repair (MMR) protein status.

MMR deficient MMR proficient p
n 116 196
age Median (95%CI) 63.2 (60.1–64.8) 63.1 (61.9–63.8) 0.98
Family history of cancer Yes 38 (34.2%) 46 (25.5%) 0.26
No 73 (65.8%) 134 (74.4%)
Body Mass Index Median (95%CI) 31.1 (29.4–32.4) 30.4 (29.7–31.6) 0.33
Histological type Endometrioid 102 (87.9%) 148 (75.5%) 0.008
Non-endometrioid 14 (12.1%) 48 (24.5%)
FIGO I/II 81 (69.8%) 139 (70.9%) 0,84
III/IV 35 (30.2%) 57 (29.1%)
ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO low 38 (32.8%) 59 (30.1%) 0.020
intermediate 5 (4.3%) 29 (14.8%)
High-intermediate 15 (12.9%) 12 (6.1%)
High 54 (46.6%) 91 (46.4%)
Advanced/metastatic 4 (3.4%) 5 (2.6%)
Grade Low 85 (73.3%) 137 (69.9%) 0,52
High 31 (26.7%) 59 (30.1%)
Tumor size (cm) Mean (95% CI) 4 (3.7–4.5) 4 (3.7–4.5) 0.84
Tumor size ≤2.0 cm 13 (12.4%) 27 (15.3%) 0,50
>2.0 cm 92 (87.6%) 150 (84.7%)
NA 11 19
Myometrial invasion <50% 61 (52.6%) 109 (55.9%) 0,57
≥50% 55 (47.4%) 86 44.1%)
NA 1
LVSI No/focal 84 (72.4%) 162 (83.1%) 0.025
Multifocal 32 (27.6%) 33 (16.9%)
NA 1
MELF Absent 89 (76,7%) 132 (67.7%) 0.090
Present 27 (23.3%) 63 (32.3%)
NA 0 1
Node Negative 88 (77.2%) 154 (61.8%) 0,78
Positive 26 (22.8%) 42 (21.4%)
NA 2 0
Recurrence 8/115 (6.9%) 29/195 (14.8%) 0.02***
Death of disease 9/110 (8.2%) 22/192 (11.5%) 0.31***
Any unfavorable event (recurrence and/or death associated with disease) 11/106 (10.38%) 32/185 (17.5%) 0.07***

LVSI: lymphovascular space invasion; MELF: microcystic, elongated, and fragmented; NA: not avaible.

*Mann-Whitney test; ** Chi-square test; *** logrank test.