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. 2017 Jun 9;7:3175. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03580-5

Table 4.

Baseline characteristics of PSM cohorts for FIGO stage IIB.

Variable Unmatched (complete) dataset Matched (5:1) dataset
CDS + RT (%) CDS (%) P CDS + RT (%) CDS (%) P
(n = 1199) (n = 190) (n = 950) (n = 190)
Age 0.016 0.474
 <50 661 (55.1) 87 (45.8) 462 (48.6) 87 (45.8)
 ≥50 538 (44.9) 103 (54.2) 488 (51.4) 103 (54.2)
Race 0.288 0.370
 White 913 (76.1) 146 (76.8) 731 (76.9) 146 (76.8)
 Black 126 (10.5) 25 (13.2) 99 (10.4) 25 (13.2)
 Other 160 (13.3) 19 (10.0) 120 (12.6) 19 (10.0)
Marital status 0.331 0.506
 Single 295 (24.6) 53 (27.9) 243 (25.6) 53 (27.9)
 Married 904 (75.4) 137 (72.1) 707 (74.4) 137 (72.1)
Histologic type 0.189 0.384
 Squamous cell carcinoma 812 (67.7) 135 (71.1) 655 (68.9) 135 (71.1)
 Adenocarcinoma 139 (11.6) 12 (6.3) 97 (10.2) 12 (6.3)
 Adenosquamous carcinoma 88 (7.3) 15 (7.9) 76 (8.0) 15 (7.9)
 Others 160 (13.3) 28 (14.7) 122 (12.8) 28 (14.7)
Primary site 0.232 0.810
 Cervix uteri 899 (75.0) 152 (80.0) 765 (80.5) 152 (80.0)
 Endocervix 238 (19.8) 34 (17.9) 161 (16.9) 34 (17.9)
 Exocervix 25 (2.1) 1 (0.5) 12 (1.3) 1 (0.5)
 Overlapping lesion of cervix uteri 37 (3.1) 3 (1.6) 12 (1.3) 3 (1.6)
Grade 0.110 0.743
 I 73 (6.1) 6 (3.2) 33 (3.5) 6 (3.2)
 II 473 (39.4) 72 (37.9) 360 (37.9) 72 (37.9)
 III 602 (50.2) 98 (51.6) 506 (53.3) 98 (51.6)
 IV 51 (4.3) 14 (7.4) 51 (5.4) 14 (7.4)
Nodal status 0.733 0.506
 Node negative 672 (56.0) 109 (57.4) 520 (54.7) 109 (57.4)
 Node positive 527 (44.0) 81 (42.6) 430 (45.3) 81 (42.6)
Size 0.379 0.552
 ≤2 cm 141 (10.8) 22 (11.2) 103 (10.8) 20 (10.5)
 2–4 cm 433 (33.1) 75 (38.1) 331 (34.8) 74 (38.9)
 >4 cm 733 (56.1) 100 (50.8) 51.6 (54.3) 96 (50.5)
Surgical method <0.001 0.081
 Local tumor destruction 301 (25.1) 21 (11.1) 140 (14.7) 21 (11.1)
 Hysterectomy 852 (71.1) 165 (86.8) 764 (80.4) 165 (86.8)
 Pelvic exenteration 46 (3.8) 4 (2.1) 46 (4.8) 4 (2.1)

CDS: cancer-directed surgery; RT: radiotherapy.