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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2017 Oct 6;129(1):35–47. doi: 10.3171/2016.11.JNS161170

Table 2. Functional Outcome Scores.

Neurologic function, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Zubrod performance status scores.

Time Point
Measure Baseline End of RT Year 3
Neurologic Function n=52 n=52 n=42
 no symptoms 27 (51.9%) 21 (40.4%) 22 (52.4%)
 minor symptoms 21 (40.4%) 26 (50.0%) 9 (21.4%)
 moderate symptoms 4 (7.7%) 3 (5.8%) 2 (4.8%)
 Unknown 0 2 (3.8%) 9 (21.4%)
MMSE Total Score n=52 n=48 n=27
 median 30 29 30
 minimum - maximum 24 – 30 23 – 30 26 – 30
 first – third quartile 28 – 30 28 – 30 29 – 30
Zubrod Performance Status n=52 n=52 n=42
 0 39 (75.0%) 35 (67.3%) 26 (61.9%)
 1 13 (25.0%) 12 (23.1%) 4 (9.5%)
 2 0 1 (1.9%) 0
 unknown 0 4 (7.7%) 12 (28.6%)