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. 2015 Nov 17;114(1):30–36. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.399

Table 1. Patients' characteristics in the TS and VS (overall population, N=1104).

  TS N (%) VS N (%) P-value
Number of patients 596 (100) 508 (100)
Gender
Male 359 (60.2) 318 (62.6) 0.46
Female 237 (39.8) 190 (37.4)  
Age (years)
<65 287 (48.2) 224 (44.1) 0.20
⩾65 309 (51.8) 284 (55.9)  
ECOG-PS
0–1 468 (78.5) 433 (85.2) <0.0001
⩾2 10 (1.7) 75 (14.8)  
Missing 118 (19.8) 0 (0)  
Driver mutation
Wt 227 (38.1) 213 (41.8) 0.96
BRAF mutant (V600E) 54 (9.1) 49 (9.6)  
RAS mutant 315 (52.8) 246 (48.6)  
Number of metastatic sites
1 378 (63.4) 216 (42.5) <0.0001
>1 218 (36.6) 292 (57.5)  
Peritoneal metastases
Yes 130 (21.8) 107 (21.1) 0.82
No 466 (78.2) 401 (78.9)  
Lung metastases
Yes 147 (24.7) 152 (29.9) 0.06
No 449 (75.3) 356 (70.1)  
Synchronous metastases
Yes 412 (69.1) 367 (72.2) 0.29
No 184 (30.9) 141 (27.8)  
Distant lymph-node metastases
Yes 117 (19.6) 110 (21.7) 0.45
No 479 (80.4) 398 (78.3)  
Mucinous histology
Yes 110 (18.5) 76 (15.0) <0.0001
No 395 (66.3) 416 (81.9)  
Missing 91 (15.3) 16 (3.1)  
Primary tumour site
Right 202 (33.9) 162 (31.9) 0.52
Left 394 (66.1) 346 (68.1)  
Primary tumour resected
Yes 466 (78.2) 344 (67.8) <0.0001
No 130 (21.8) 164 (32.2)  
Tumour grading
G1–2 248 (41.6) 143 (28.1) <0.0001
G3–4 195 (32.7) 221 (43.5)  
Missing 153 (25.7) 144 (28.3)  

Abbreviations: N=number; PS=performance status; TS=training set; VS=validation set; wt=wild type.

%: rate; P-value: χ2 test.