TABLE 3.

Baseline characteristics of CEs, and a comparisonxs between literature and local cohorts.

Variable	All	Local cohort (n = 30)	Literature cohort (n = 106)	P-value
Sex
Male	76(55.9%)	19(63.3%)	57(53.8%)	0.352
Female	60(44.1%)	11(36.7%)	49(46.2%)
Location
Single lobe	90(76.3%)	20(66.7%)	70(79.5%)	0.152
Multiple lobes	28(23.7%)	10(33.3%)	18(20.5%)
Symptoms
Seizures	61(45.2%)	9(30.0%)	52(49.5%)	0.058
Others	74(54.8%)	21(70.0%)	53(50.5%)
Texture
Solid	43(37.1%)	12(41.4%)	31(35.6%)	0.846
Cystic	46(39.7%)	11(37.9%)	35(40.2%)
Solid-Cystic	27(23.2%)	6(20.7%)	21(24.1%)
WHO Grade
II	68(50%)	17(56.7%)	51(48.1%)	0.408
III	68(50%)	13(43.3%)	55(51.9%)
Surgery resection
Subtotal resection	25(18.4%)	10(33.3%)	15(14.2%)	0.017
Gross total resection	111(81.6%)	20(66.7%)	91(85.8%)
Irradiation
Yes	62(45.6%)	14(46.7%)	48(45.3%)	0.893
No	74(54.4%)	16(53.3%)	58(54.7%)
Recurrence
Yes	37(28.5%)	9(30%)	28(28%)	0.831
No	93(71.5%)	21(70%)	72(72%)
Outcome
Alive	115(89.8%)	26(86.7%)	89(90.8%)	0.51
Dead	13(10.2%)	4(13.3%)	9(9.2%)