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. 2015 Oct 20;2015(10):CD010463. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010463.pub2

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