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. 2018 Apr 12;100(4):409–419. doi: 10.1159/000488284

Table 5.

Clinical characteristics in age categories ≤50 and >50 years

≤50 years, n (%) >50 years, n (%) p value
All GCT 373 (88.4) 49 (11.6)
Seminoma 216 (57.9) 38 (77.6)
Nonseminoma 157 (42.1) 11 (22.5) 0.0083
Local pathological stage
 pT1 196 (52.5) 26 (53.1)
 >pT1 177 (47.5) 23 (46.9) 0.9460
Local stage seminoma
 pT1 129 (59.7) 21 (55.3)
 >pT1 87 (40.3) 17 (44.7) 0.6062
Local stage nonseminoma
 pT1 67 (42.7) 5 (45.5)
 >pT1 90 (57.3) 6 (54.5) 0.8571
CS distribution (all GCT)
 CS1 244 (65.4) 37 (75.5)
 CS2a, b 87 (23.3) 8 (16.3)
 CS2c 15 (4.0) 2 (4.1)
 CS3 27 (7.2) 2 (4.1) 0.5254
CS distribution (seminoma)
 CS1 171 (79.2) 30 (78.9)
 CS2a, b 32 (14.8) 5 (13.2)
 CS2c 7 (3.2) 2 (5.3)
 CS3 6 (2.8) 1 (2.6) 0.9326
CS distribution (nonseminoma)
 CS1 73 (46.5) 7 (63.6)
 CS2a, b 55 (35.0) 3 (27.3)
 CS2c 8 (5.1) 0 (0)
 CS3 21 (13.4) 1 (9.1) 0.6781
CS1 vs. >CS1 (all GCT)
 CS1 244 (65.4) 37 (75.5)
 >CS1 129 (34.6) 12 (24.5) 0.1590
CS1 vs. >CS1 seminoma
 CS1 171 (79.2) 30 (78.9)
 >CS1 45 (20.8) 8 (21.1) 0.9755
CS1 vs. >CS1 nonseminoma
 CS1 73 (46.5) 7 (63.6)
 >CS1 84 (53.5) 4 (36.4) 0.2712
Nonseminoma with teratoma components
 No teratoma 82 (52.2) 6 (54.6)
 With teratoma 75 (47.8) 5 (45.5) 0.8818
Tumour right-sided (all GCT) 175 (49.4) 26 (55.3) 0.2943
Tumour right-sided(seminoma) 108 (52.7) 21 (58.3) 0.0821
Tumour right-sided (nonseminoma) 67 (45.0) 5 (45.5) 0.9885

GCT, germ cell tumour; CS, clinical stages; pT, pathological.