Table 2.
Patient and tumor summary statistics for 305 eligible cases. Qualitative variables
| Variable | Blind | Low-medium | Medium-high | Very high | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | SD | Median | SD | Median | SD | Median | SD | |
| Age (years) | 62.0 (18-91) | 15.5 | 60.2 (16- 91) | 15.7 | 64.2 (20-88) | 13.0 | 56.7 (23-82) | 12.9 |
| Tumor apical height (mm) | 6.4 (1.2-11.5) | 2.7 | 5.6 (1.8-10.7) | 2.4 | 5.0 (1-12.1) | 2.16 | 4.7 (1.5-10.6) | 2.2 |
| Longest basal dimension (mm) | 12.2 (5-17.4) | 2.6 | 11.9 (6.1-20.5) | 2.8 | 10.8 (5.0-16.3) | 2.4 | 10.9 (4.5-18.1) | 2.7 |
| Apex dose (Gy) | 85.8 (68.8-95.7) | 4.2 | 85.5 (74.7-93.3) | 3.6 | 85.6 (75.4-127.2) | 7.0 | 85.6 (76.8-109.8) | 4.2 |
SD – standard deviation