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. 2016 Sep 16;7(45):73781–73791. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.12064

Table 2. The distribution of variable between grade I–II and grade III–IV tumors.

Variable N/% N/% P-valuea
Grade I-II Grade III-IV
Gender 0.412
 Male 157/53.4 107/57.2
 Female 137/46.6 80/42.8
Age 0.001*
 Mean(range)/year 38.63(1-81) 44.81 (2-79)
 <40 144/49 64/34.2
 ≥40 150/51 123/65.8
Surgery 0.706
 GTR 197/67 131/70.1
 NTR+STR 97/33 56/29.9
Radiotherapy 0.562
 GK 197/67 118/63.1
 CRT 73/24.8 4926.2
 No 24/8.2 2010.7
Chemotherapy 0.637
 Yes 124/42.2 74/39.6
 No 170/57.8 113/60.4
Total 294 187
P-value b
OS 0.039*
 Median, months 12 10
  Survival 17/5.8 9/4.8
  Loss to follow-up 14/4.8 3/1.6
 Death 263/89.5 175/93.6
 OS rate, % 1 year 33 39
  2 years 11.5 8.5
  3 years 9 5.5
PFS 0.12
 Median, months 8 8
 Progression-free 17/5.8 7/3.7
 Progression 275/93.5 178/95.2
 Total 292/99.3 185/98.9
 Missing System 2/0.7 2/1.1
 PFS rate, % 1 year 17.1 13.5
  2 years 7.9 6.5
  3 years 5.4 3.7

Notes:

a

P-values based on Pearson χ2 test;

b

P-values based on log-rank test;

*

p-value < 0.05 indicates statistical significance.

Abbreviations: GTR: gross-total resection; NTR: near-total resection; STR: sub-total resection; GK: Gamma Knife; CRT: Conformal Radiotherapy; OS: Overall Survival; PFS: Progression-free Survival.