Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the initial study cohort stratified by low- and high-risk EC, and the high-risk validation cohort.
Low risk (n=250) |
High risk (n=105) |
Validation cohort (n=72) |
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Number | % or Inter-quartile range (IQ) | Number | % or Inter-quartile range (IQ) | Difference between low and high risk | Number | % or Inter-quartile range (IQ) | |
Median age | 64 | IQ: 56–73 | 65 | IQ: 56–73 | chi2; df; P-value | 69 | IQ: 61–76 |
Treatment | |||||||
Surgery | 250 | 100.0 | 105 | 100.0 | — | 72 | 100.0 |
Adjuvant radiotherapy | 127 | 50.8 | 80 | 76.2 | 19.6; 1; <0.001 | 42 | 56.8 |
Chemotherapy | 5 | 2.0 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.0; 1; =0.332 | 13 | 17.6 |
FIGO | 53.0; 3; <0.001 | ||||||
Stage 1 | 164 | 65.6 | 32 | 30.5 | 35 | 49.3 | |
Stage 2 | 40 | 16.0 | 18 | 17.1 | 9 | 12.6 | |
Stage 3 | 40 | 16.0 | 37 | 35.2 | 23 | 0.32 | |
Stage 4 | 6 | 2.4 | 18 | 17.1 | 4 | 0.1 | |
Missing | 1 | ||||||
Invasion myometrium | 22.2; 1; <0.001 | ||||||
<half | 163 | 65.2 | 40 | 38.1 | 13 | 19.7 | |
>half | 87 | 34.8 | 65 | 61.9 | 53 | 80.3 | |
Missing | 6 | ||||||
Lymph nodes (any) | 4.9; 1; =0.027 | ||||||
Negative | 67 | 79.8 | 46 | 63.9 | a | a | |
Positive | 17 | 20.2 | 26 | 36.1 | 9 | 12.7 | |
Not assessed | 166 | 33 | |||||
Lymphovascular invasion | 42.3; 1; <0.001 | ||||||
No | 194 | 81.9 | 48 | 47.1 | 23 | 46.0 | |
Yes | 43 | 18.1 | 54 | 52.9 | 27 | 54.0 | |
Missing | 13 | 3 | 22 | ||||
Differentiation grade | 350.2; 3; <0.001 | ||||||
Grade 1 | 159 | 63.6 | 3 | 6.7 | |||
Grade 2 | 91 | 36.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 11.1 | |
Grade 3 | 98 | 93.3 | 37 | 82.2 | |||
Undifferentiated | 6 | 5.7 | |||||
Missing | 27 | ||||||
Tumour type | 136.4; 3; <0.001 | ||||||
Endometrioid | 250 | 100.0 | 56 | 53.4 | 45 | 68.1 | |
Serous papillary | 18 | 17.1 | 9 | 13.6 | |||
Clear cell | 25 | 23.8 | 18 | 27.3 | |||
Undifferentiated | 6 | 5.7 | 6 | ||||
HLA class 1b | 1.6; 1; =0.212 | ||||||
Normal expression | 110 | 57.9 | 44 | 50.0 | — | — | |
Loss of expression | 85 | 42.1 | 44 | 50.0 | — | — | |
Missing | 48 | 17 | |||||
Memory T cellsb | 3.7; 1; =0.056 | ||||||
None | 69 | 37.7 | 41 | 45.9 | 38 | 61.3 | |
Present | 130 | 62.3 | 47 | 54.1 | 24 | 38.7 | |
Missing | 51 | 17 | 12 | ||||
CTLsb | 0.6; 1; =0.423 | ||||||
Below median | 100 | 48.0 | 48 | 50.7 | 38 | 63.3 | |
Above median | 112 | 52.0 | 44 | 49.3 | 22 | 39.7 | |
Missing | 38 | 13 | 12 | ||||
Ratio cytotoxic/regulatory T cellsb | 10,0; 1; =0.002 | ||||||
<median | 88 | 44.2 | 58 | 61.5 | — | — | |
>median | 113 | 55.8 | 33 | 38.5 | — | — | |
Missing | 49 | 14 |
Abreviations: CTLs=cytotoxic T cells; EC=endometrial cancer; HLA=human leukocyte antigen. Percentages exclude missing values.
Data on the number of lymph node dissections performed in the validation cohort was unknown.
Values before imputation. Relative efficiency of imputation was between 0.97 and 1.00.