Table 1.
Patient Demographic Characteristics and Primary Disease Sites
| Characteristic | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible patients | 102 | |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 78 | 76 |
| Female | 24 | 24 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 71 | 78.9 |
| Black | 9 | 10.0 |
| Other | 10 | 11.1 |
| Missing | 12 | 11.8 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 83 | 83 |
| Hispanic | 17 | 17 |
| Missing | 2 | 2 |
| Primary disease site | ||
| Pineal | 55 | 53.9 |
| Suprasellar | 24 | 23.5 |
| Third ventricle | 8 | 7.8 |
| Basal ganglia-thalamus | 6 | 5.9 |
| Hypothalamus-optic chiasm | 3 | 2.9 |
| Frontal lobe | 2 | 2.0 |
| Lateral ventricle | 1 | 1.0 |
| Midbrain | 1 | 1.0 |
| Optic nerve | 1 | 1.0 |
| Other supratentorial | 1 | 1.0 |