Table 2. Patient characteristics (N: 2167) by Charlson comorbidity index score and by comorbidity categories.
| N (%) | Charlson Comorbidity Index Score N (%) | Comorbidity Categories N(%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1–2 | ≥3 | Cardiopulmonary | Gastrointestinal | Neurovascular | Mal. neoplasms | Miscellaneous | ||
| Total | 2167 (100) | 1741 (80) | 151 (7) | 275 (13) | 60 (3) | 18 (1) | 57 (3) | 196 (9) | 95 (4) |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| Median (range) | 56 (15–96) | 54 (15–96) | 64 (17–93) | 66 (16–93) | 61 (12–82) | 71 (43–93) | 68 (19–93) | 54 (16–91) | 66 (26–90) |
| 15–49 | 759 (35) | 697 (40) | 21 (14) | 41 (15) | 11 (18) | 1 (6) | 5 (9) | 32 (16) | 13 (14) |
| 50–69 | 823 (38) | 648 (37) | 66 (44) | 109 (40) | 25 (42) | 7 (39) | 23 (40) | 82 (42) | 38 (40) |
| ≥70 | 584 (27) | 395 (23) | 64 (42) | 125 (45) | 24 (40) | 10 (56) | 29 (51) | 82 (42) | 44 (46) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Female | 972 (45) | 776 (45) | 63 (42) | 133 (48) | 20 (33) | 8 (44) | 21 (37) | 102 (52) | 45 (47) |
| Male | 1195 (55) | 965 (55) | 88 (58) | 142 (52) | 40 (67) | 10 (56) | 36 (63) | 94 (48) | 50 (53) |
| Stage at diagnosis | |||||||||
| Localized | 1906 (88) | 1553 (89) | 132 (87) | 221 (80) | 54 (90) | 16 (89) | 48 (84) | 154 (79) | 81 (85) |
| Metastatic | 261 (12) | 188 (11) | 19 (13) | 54 (20) | 6 (10) | 2 (11) | 9 (16) | 42 (21) | 14 (15) |
| Tumour size (cm) | |||||||||
| Median (range) | 8.9 (1–52) | 9.0 (1–52) | 8.7 (1–40) | 8.4 (1–30) | 7.8 (1–25) | 7.9 (1–30) | 8.8 (1–40) | 8.6 (1–29) | 8.6 (1–25) |
| Location | |||||||||
| Subcutaneous | 630 (33) | 510 (33) | 41 (32) | 79 (35) | 15 (29) | 6 (38) | 19 (37) | 49 (31) | 31 (40) |
| Subfascial | 1261 (67) | 1027 (67) | 87 (68) | 147 (65) | 37 (71) | 10 (63) | 33 (63) | 107 (68) | 47 (60) |
| Malignancy grade | |||||||||
| Low | 509 (26) | 434 (27) | 29 (21) | 46 (19) | 11 (20) | 1 (8) | 13 (24) | 31 (18) | 19 (22) |
| Intermediate | 399 (20) | 325 (20) | 31 (22) | 43 (18) | 11 (20) | 5 (38) | 10 (19) | 31 (18) | 17 (20) |
| High | 1083 (54) | 853 (53) | 79 (57) | 151 (63) | 34 (60) | 7 (54) | 31 (57) | 107 (63) | 51 (59) |
| Treatment | |||||||||
| Surgery | 1913 (88) | 1555 (89) | 128 (85) | 230 (84) | 50 (83) | 13 (72) | 50 (88) | 161 (82) | 84 (88) |
| Wide/radical | 993 (41) | 817 (60) | 63 (57) | 113 (56) | 27 (60) | 7 (70) | 24 (57) | 78 (57) | 40 (51) |
| Intralesional/marginal | 689 (59) | 551 (40) | 48 (43) | 90 (44) | 18 (40) | 3 (30) | 18 (43) | 60 (43) | 39 (49) |
| Radiotherapy | 429 (20) | 345 (20) | 32 (21) | 52 (19) | 16 (27) | 4 (22) | 8 (14) | 40 (20) | 16 (17) |
| Chemoterapy | 264 (12) | 218 (13) | 15 (10) | 31 (11) | 7 (12) | 1 (6) | 3 (5) | 26 (13) | 9 (9) |
Notes: N: number. Mal.: Malignant. I Tumour size: 309 missing. Grade: 176 missing.