5. Participant characteristics in unplanned elderly subgroup (Georgoulias 2008).
| Treatment arm | DG arm | D arm | |||
| Number of participants | 39 | 42 | |||
| N | % | N | % | P value (Fisher's exact test) |
|
| Age | |||||
| Median | 72 | 73 | |||
| Min‐Max | 70‐78 | 70‐78 | |||
| Sex | 0.233 | ||||
| Male | 34 | 87.2 | 40 | 95.2 | |
| Female | 5 | 12.8 | 2 | 4.8 | |
| Performance status | 0.04 | ||||
| 0 | 13 | 33.3 | 23 | 54.8 | |
| 1 | 20 | 51.3 | 18 | 42.9 | |
| 2 | 6 | 15.4 | 1 | 2.4 | |
| Histological subtypes | 0.5476 | ||||
| Squamous | 10 | 25.6 | 15 | 35.7 | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 17 | 43.6 | 14 | 33.3 | |
| Other | 12 | 30.8 | 13 | 31 | |
| Stage | 0.6196 | ||||
| IIIB | 9 | 23.1 | 12 | 28.6 | |
| IV | 30 | 76.9 | 30 | 71.4 | |
| Number of organs Involved | 0.06 | ||||
| 1 | 9 | 23.1 | 14 | 33.3 | |
| 2 | 14 | 35.9 | 21 | 50 | |
| ≥ 3 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 16.7 | |