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. 2015 Jul 28;113(5):786–793. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.268

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)
  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.

a

Data on the number of lymph node dissections performed in the validation cohort was unknown.

b

Values before imputation. Relative efficiency of imputation was between 0.97 and 1.00.