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. 2014 Feb 4;9(2):e86789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086789

Table 1. (KRAS mutant) Patient and Disease Characteristics at Baseline.

Overall (N = 394) KRAS mutant (N = 169) KRAS wild type (N = 225)
Patients who had used oxaliplatin-based regimens (N = 131) Never-used oxaliplatin-based regimens (N = 38) Patients who had used oxaliplatin-based regimens (N = 185) Never-used oxaliplatin-based regimens (N = 40)
Characteristics No. of patients % No. of patients % No. of patients % No. of patients % No. of patients %
Sex
Male 228 58 59 45 19 50 121 65 29 73
Female 166 42 72 55 19 50 64 35 11 27
Age, years
Median 62 62 63 61 64
Range 23–91 24–87 34–91 25–84 23–88
≥65 156 40 52 40 17 45 68 37 19 48
<65 238 60 79 60 21 55 117 63 21 52
Agents had been-used
Irinotecan 319 81 105 80 33 87 150 81 31 78
fluoropyrimidines 394 100 131 100 38 100 185 100 40 100
Cetuximab 177 45 37 28 6 16 121 65 13 33
Bevacizumab 203 52 77 59 26 68 77 42 23 58
Tumor site
Proximal1 121 31 43 33 18 50 43 23 17 43
Distal2 273 69 88 67 18 50 142 77 23 57
No. of metastatic sites
1 288 73 90 69 28 74 145 78 25 63
≥ 2 106 27 41 31 10 26 40 22 15 37
Initial stage
I–III 152 39 53 40 28 74 52 28 19 48
IV 242 61 78 60 10 26 133 72 21 52

1: Proximal indicates cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, and transverse colon. 2: Distal indicates splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.