Table 1.
Characteristics according to each surgery in metastatic spine tumor, South Korea, 2011–2012
| Characteristic | Total | p-value | Surgery | p-value | Fusion | p-value | Decompression | p-value | Vertebroplasty | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 13748 (100) | 1677 (100) | 823 (100) | 141 (100) | 713 (100) | |||||
| Gender | <0.001* | 0.906 | 0.018* | 0.001* | 0.125 | |||||
| Male | 7954 (57.9) | 968 (57.7) | 499 (60.6) | 90 (68.7) | 379 (53.2) | |||||
| Female | 5794 (42.1) | 709 (42.3) | 324 (39.4) | 51 (38.9) | 334 (46.8) | |||||
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||||||||||
| 20–29 | 144 (1) | <0.001* | 13 (0.8) | <0.001* | 9 (1.1) | <0.001* | 4 (2.8) | 0.06 | 0 (0) | <0.001* |
| 30–39 | 527 (3.8) | 50 (3) | 34 (4.1) | 5 (3.5) | 11 (1.5) | |||||
| 40–49 | 1592 (11.6) | 148 (8.8) | 90 (10.9) | 12 (8.5) | 46 (6.5) | |||||
| 50–59 | 3391 (24.7) | 369 (22) | 238 (28.9) | 31 (22) | 100 (14) | |||||
| 60–69 | 3764 (27.4) | 486 (29) | 250 (30.4) | 46 (32.6) | 190 (26.6) | |||||
| 70–79 | 3453 (25.1) | 481 (28.7) | 186 (22.6) | 37 (26.2) | 258 (36.2) | |||||
| ≥80 | 877 (6.4) | 130 (7.8) | 16 (1.9) | 6 (4.3) | 108 (15.1) | |||||
| Diagnosis year | 0.545 | 0.52 | 0.023* | 0.037* | 0.715 | |||||
| 2011 | 6736 (49) | 834 (49.7) | 386 (46.9) | 82 (58.2) | 336 (47.1) | |||||
| 2012 | 7012 (51) | 843 (50.3) | 437 (53.1) | 59 (41.8) | 347 (48.7) | |||||
| Health | ||||||||||
| insurance type | <0.001* | 0.522 | 0.183 | 0.221 | 0.509 | |||||
| Medicare | 12854 (93.5) | 1574 (93.9) | 779 (94.7) | 129 (91.5) | 666 (93.4) | |||||
| Medicaid | 894 (6.5) | 103 (6.1) | 44 (5.3) | 12 (8.5) | 47 (6.6) | |||||
| CCI | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.041* | 0.088 | 0.015* | |||||
| 0 | 2690 (19.6) | 431 (25.7) | 234 (28.4) | 42 (29.8) | 155 (21.7) | |||||
| 1 | 1151 (8.4) | 184 (11) | 94 (11.4) | 7 (5) | 83 (11.6) | |||||
| 2 | 5858 (42.6) | 621 (37) | 296 (36) | 51 (36.2) | 274 (38.4) | |||||
| ≥3 | 4049 (29.5) | 441 (26.3) | 199 (24.2) | 41 (29.1) | 201 (28.2) |
Values are presented as number (%).
*
Indicates statistical significance.
CCI : Charlson Comorbidity Index