Table 2.

Clinical practice of VBT alone and EBRT (with or without VBT) among different risk groups from 2003 to 2017

Patients(N = 1,227)
		2003–2007 (%)	2008–2012 (%)	2013–2017 (%)	p
Low-risk (N = 340)	VBT alone (N = 243)	36.1 a	61.7 a	85.8 a	0.000
	EBRT with or without VBT (N = 97)	63.9 a	38.3 a	14.2 a
Intermediate -risk (N = 334)	VBT alone (N = 184)	6.1 a	48.6	67.0 a	0.000
	EBRT with or without VBT (N = 150)	93.9 a	51.4	33.0 a
High-intermediate-risk (N = 235)	VBT alone (N = 139)	0.0 a	42.0	66.3 a	0.000
	EBRT with or without VBT (N = 96)	100.0 a	58.0	33.7 a
High-risk (N = 318)	VBT alone (N = 48)	0.0	13.0	17.4	0.013
	EBRT with or without VBT (N = 270)	100.0	87.0	82.6

Abbreviation: EBRT External Beam Radiation, VBT Vaginal Brachytherapy

^aadjusted residuals, only values greater than ± 3 were marked