IQR, interquartile range.
* Chi-square = 42.0, P < .0001 (chi-square test for trend).
† Includes only patients with involved nodes. Chi-square = 11.02, P = .0116 (Kruskal-Wallis).
‡ Chi-square = 21.38, P < .0001 (chi-square test for trend).
§ Chi-square = 13.64, P = .0035 (chi-square test for trend).