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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Jun 10;24(8):1291–1294. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0508

Table 1.

Characteristics of the HOPE study cases stratified by vital status after 5 years of follow upa.

Characteristic Deceased, n=343(%) Alive, n=338 (%) p-valueb

Age at diagnosis (years), mean (std) 62.5(11.6) 56.9(11.8) <0.001

Race
White 328(95.6) 325(96.1) 0.73
Non-white 15(4.4) 13(3.9)

Education
High school or less 154(44.9) 144(42.6) 0.54
More than high school 189(55.1) 194(57.4)

History of arthritis
No 205(59.8) 217(64.2) 0.23
Yes 138(40.2) 121(35.8)

History of diabetes
No 304(88.6) 317(93.8) 0.02
Yes 39(11.4) 21(6.2)

FIGO stage
I 11(3.2) 116(34.3) <0.001
II 22(6.4) 60(17.7)
III 245(71.4) 140(41.4)
IV 63(18.4) 17(5.0)
Unknown 2(0.6) 5(1.5)

Grade
Well differentiated 6(1.8) 40(11.8) <0.001
Moderately differentiated 68(19.8) 95(28.1)
Poorly differentiated 255(74.3) 184(54.4)
Unknown 14(4.1) 19(5.6)

Histology
Serous 253(74.0) 176(52.1) <0.001
Mucinous 5(1.5) 16(4.7)
Endometrioid 19(5.5) 58(17.2)
Clear cell 15(4.4) 33(9.8)
Mixed 49(14.3) 54(16.0)
Other 2(0.6) 1(0.3)

Presence of ascites
No 76(22.2) 165(49.4) <0.001
Yes 266(77.8) 169(50.6)
Missing 1 4

All gross disease removed during primary surgery
No 231(67.5) 96(28.4) <0.001
Yes 96(28.1) 231(68.3)
Unknown 16(4.4) 11(3.3)

Persistence of disease
No 179(54.1) 312 (92.6) <0.001
Yes 152(45.9) 25(7.4)
Missing 12 1

Recurrence of disease
No 141(43.2) 198(58.8) <0.001
Yes 185(56.8) 139(41.2)
Missing 17 1
a

excluding 18 cases lost to follow up within the first 5 years of follow up

b

p-value for t-test for age at diagnosis and Chi-square test for categorical variables