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. 2018 Sep 20;13(9):e0204161. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204161

Table 2. Patients, meningiomas, treatments and outcomes.

Patients 235
Median age (range) 58.6 years (13.7–86.5 years)
Male:Female (ratio) 85:150 (1:1.8)
History of head or neck radiotherapy 11 (5%)
Multiple meningiomas 54 (23%)
Race
Caucasian 157 (67%)
Hispanic 25 (11%)
Asian 22 (9%)
Black 12 (5%)
Other (not Hispanic/Latino) 6 (3%)
Pacific islander 5 (2%)
White; Hispanic/Latino 2 (1%)
Meningiomas 257
World Health Organization (WHO) grade I 128 (50%)
WHO grade II (atypical) 104 (40%)
WHO grade III (anaplastic) 25 (10%)
Primary:recurrent (ratio) 189:68 (2.8:1)
Median size (range) 33.4 cm3 (0.3–335.3 cm3)
Bone invasion 88 (34%)
Brain invasion 47 (18%)
Peri-meningioma edema 150 (58%)
Location
Anterior cranial fossa 54 (21%)
Middle cranial fossa 58 (23%)
Posterior cranial fossa 34 (13%)
Midline 118 (46%)
Convexity 157 (61%)
Skull base 109 (42%)
Treatment
Extent of resection
Gross total resection 147 (57%)
Subtotal resection 109 (42%)
Extent of resection unknown 1 (0.4%)
Adjuvant radiotherapy 61 (24%)
Outcomes
Median follow-up (range) 52 months (0–197 months)
Local failure 92 (36%)
Median local freedom from progression (range) 76 months (1.7–207 months)
Death 60 (27%)
Median overall survival (range) 80 months (0–191 months)