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. 2024 Sep 6;110(11):7177–7186. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000002045

Table 1.

Patient characteristics for the total population and stratified per income countries.

Total (n=3407) High-income countries (n=2296) Upper-middle income countries (n=677) Lower-middle income countries (n=377) Low-income countries (n=57) P
Sex
 Male 844 (24.8%) 571 (24.9%) 161 (23.8%) 103 (27.3%) 9 (15.8%) 0.067
 Female 2500 (73.4%) 1722 (75.0%) 491 (72.5%) 239 (63.4%) 48 (84.2%)
 Missing 63 (1.8%) 3 (0.1%) 25 (3.7%) 35 (9.3%)
Median age at diagnosis, days 0 (0–54) 0 (0–17.5) 1 (0–108.5) 8 (0–150) 30 (2.5–556.5) <0.001
Altman classification
 I 1036 (30.4%) 669 (29.1%) 227 (33.5%) 125 (33.2%) 15 (26.3%) <0.001
 II 1118 (32.8%) 753 (32.8%) 201 (29.7%) 137 (36.3%) 27 (47.4%)
 III 609 (17.9%) 407 (17.7%) 130 (19.2%) 63 (16.7%) 9 (15.8%)
 IV 548 (16.1%) 432 (18.8%) 851 (12.6%) 25 (6.6%) 6 (10.5%)
 Missing 96 (2.8%) 35 (1.5%) 34 (5.0%) 27 (7.2%)
Median age at resection, days 13 (4–134.3) 9 (3–99) 17 (6–187.3) 40 (14–271.5) 52 (14.0–570) <0.001
Pathology
 Mature 2168 (63.7%) 1504 (65.5%) 442 (65.3%) 184 (48.8%) 38 (66.7%) 0.004
 Immature 625 (18.3%) 469 (20.4%) 91 (13.4%) 54 (14.3%) 11 (19.3%)
 Malignant 366 (10.7%) 245 (10.7%) 91 (13.4%) 27 (7.2%) 3 (5.3%)
 Missing 248 (7.3%) 78 (3.4%) 53 (7.8%) 112 (29.7%) 5 (8.8%)
Recurrence
 Yes 349 (10.2%) 254 (11.1%) 56 (8.3%) 33 (8.8%) 6 (12.3%) 0.604
 No 2829 (83.0%) 1967 (85.7%) 536 (79.2%) 276 (73.2%) 50 (87.7%)
 Missing 229 (6.8%) 75 (3.3%) 85 (12.6%) 68 (18.0%) 1 (1.8%)
Median time between primary resection and recurrence, days 348 (196–666) 348 (200.5–679) 358 (182.5–673.8) 357 (195.5–668) 311.5 (131.5–654.5) 0.948
Recurrence pathology
 Mature 117 (33.5%) 96 (37.8%) 14 (25.0%) 7 (21.2%) 0.001
 Immature 34 (9.7%) 23 (9.1%) 4 (7.1%) 7 (21.2%)
 Malignant 126 (36.1%) 91 (35.8%) 22 (39.3%) 7 (21.2%) 6 (100%)
 Missing 72 (20.6%) 44 (17.3%) 16 (28.6%) 12 (36.4%)
Outcome
 Alive 2876 (84.4%) 2073 (90.3%) 534 (78.9%) 219 (58.1%) 50 (87.7%) 0.059
 Death 140 (4.1%) 93 (4.1%) 25 (3.7%) 20 (5.3%) 2 (3.5%)
 Missing 391 (11.5%) 130 (5.7%) 118 (17.4%) 138 (36.6%) 5 (8.8%)

Data are n (%) or median (IQR).

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P values represent univariable testing between country income strata.