TABLE 1.
Patient Characteristics.
| Parameters | Body Mass Index < 30 (N = 387) (n, %) |
Body Mass Index ≥ 30 (N = 379) (n, %) |
p Value * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Center | |||
| University of Turin, Italy | 176 (46) | 130 (34) | 0.002 |
| University Hospitals of Cleveland, USA | 211 (55) | 249 (66) | |
| Age at presentation | |||
| < 60 years | 111 (29) | 125 (33) | 0.21 |
| ≥ 60 years | 276 (71) | 254 (67) | |
| Race | |||
| Caucasian | 373 (96) | 347 (92) | 0.001 |
| African American | 14 (4) | 32 (8) | |
| Staging Lymphadenectomy | |||
| Yes | 199 (51) | 179 (47) | 0.24 |
| No | 188 (49) | 200 (53) | |
| Final surgicopathologic stage | |||
| IA | 36 (9) | 29 (8) | <0.001 |
| IB | 139 (36) | 189 (50) | |
| IC | 72 (19) | 80 (21) | |
| IIA/B | 63 (16) | 44 (12) | |
| IIIA/B | 48 (12) | 16 (4) | |
| IIIC | 24 (6) | 17 (4) | |
| IVA | 5 (1) | 4 (1) |