Table 1. Patient characteristics and distribution according to median fibrinogen level.

	High fibrinogen (>627 mg dl−1)		Low fibrinogen (⩽627 mg dl−1)			All patients
Characteristics	Numbers	(%)	Numbers	(%)	P-valuea	Numbers	(%)
Age, years
⩽64	46	52.9	39	43.8	0.23	85	48.3
>64	41	47.1	50	56.2		91	51.7
Sex
Female	17	19.5	21	23.6	0.51	38	21.6
Male	70	80.5	68	76.4		138	78.4
Histology
Epithelioid	68	78.2	78	87.6	0.10	146	83.0
Non-epithelioid	19	21.8	11	12.4		30	17.0
Stageb
Early stage	5	6.9	14	17.9	0.04	19	12.7
Late stage	67	93.1	64	82.1		131	87.3
Treatment
Best supportive care	26	29.9	18	20.2	0.01	44	25.0
Chemo- and/or radiotherapy	44	50.6	34	38.2		78	44.3
Multimodality treatment including radical surgery	17	19.5	37	41.6		54	30.7

^aTwo-sided χ²-test.

^bMissing cases: n=26 (14.8%).