Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 629 spinal metastases patients
| Copenhagen database (n = 419) | Aarhus database (n = 210) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Male | 245 | 58 | 134 | 64 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15-54 | 62 | 15 | 42 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 115 | 27 | 68 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 137 | 33 | 71 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 81 | 19 | 26 | 12 |
| ≥85 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Primary cancer | ||||
| Prostate | 97 | 23 | 67 | 32 |
| Lung | 99 | 24 | 22 | 10 |
| Breast | 75 | 18 | 41 | 20 |
| Other | 148 | 35 | 80 | 38 |
| Predicted survival time* (months) | ||||
| 0-6 | 198 | 47 | 107 | 51 |
| 6-12 | 122 | 29 | 76 | 36 |
| >12 | 99 | 24 | 27 | 13 |
| Treatment | ||||
| T1 | 419 | 100 | ||
| T2 | 51 | 24 | ||
| T3 | 79 | 38 | ||
| T4 | 80 | 38 | ||
*Based on the Tokuhashi scoring system at baseline.
T1 conservative, T2 decompression, T3 decompression + instrumentation, T4 decompression + instrumentation + reconstruction.