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. 2020 Dec 3;12(12):3620. doi: 10.3390/cancers12123620

Table 1.

Cohort characteristics and univariate analysis of tumor recurrence (chi-square test).

Variable Complete Cohort 5-Year Follow-Up Cohort
N (%) Tumor Recurrence n (%) p-Value N (%) Tumor Recurrence n (%) p-Value
Yes No Yes No
Gender
Female 1115 (73.5) 149 (13.4) 966 (86.6) <0.0001 * 391 (71.1) 149 (38.1) 242 (61.9) <0.0001 *
Male 402 (26.5) 93 (23.1) 309 (76.9) 159 (28.9) 93 (58.5) 66 (41.5)
Tumor localization
Skull base 788 (51.9) 139 (17.6) 649 (82.4) <0.0001 * 296 (53.8) 139 (47.0) 157 (53.0) 0.0032 *
Convexity/falx 574 (37.8) 98 (17.1) 476 (82.9) 222 (40.4) 98 (44.1) 124 (55.9)
Spinal 155 (10.2) 5 (3.2) 150 (96.8) 32 (5.8) 5 (15.6) 27 (84.4)
Simpson grade
1 366 (24.8) 40 (10.9) 326 (89.1) <0.0001 * 120 (22.6) 40 (33.3) 80 (66.7) <0.0001 *
2 411 (27.8) 27 (6.6) 384 (93.4) 105 (19.7) 27 (25.7) 78 (74.3)
3 308 (20.8) 48 (15.6) 260 (84.4) 112 (21.1) 48 (42.9) 64 (57.1)
4 393 (26.6) 122 (31.0) 271 (69.0) 195 (36.7) 122 (62.6) 73 (37.4)
5 0 (-) 0 (-) 0 (-) 0 (-) 0 (-) 0 (-)
CNS invasion by histopathological assessment alone
Yes 73 (4.8) 26 (35.6) 47 (64.4) <0.0001 * 36 (6.6) 26 (72.2) 10 (27.8) 0.0004 *
No 1444 (95.2) 216 (15.0) 1228 (85.0) 514 (93.5) 216 (42.0) 298 (58.0)
CNS invasion by intraoperative assessment alone
Yes 345 (23.7) 76 (22.0) 269 (78.0) 0.0002 * 136 (26.4) 76 (55.9) 60 (44.1) 0.0011 *
No 1110 (76.3) 151 (13.6) 959 (86.4) 380 (73.6) 151 (39.7) 229 (60.3)
CNS invasion by combined assessment
Yes 372 (25.6) 85 (22.9) 287 (77.2) <0.0001 * 149 (28.9) 85 (57.1) 64 (43.0) 0.0001 *
No 1083 (74.4) 142 (13.1) 941 (86.9) 367 (71.1) 142 (38.7) 225 (61.3)
CNS invasion intraoperatively not seen on histopathology
Yes 299 (20.6) 59 (19.7) 240 (80.3) 0.0272 * 113 (21.9) 59 (52.2) 54 (47.8) 0.0464 *
No 1156 (79.5) 168 (14.5) 988 (85.5) 403 (78.1) 168 (41.7) 235 (58.3)
CNS invasion double positive (histopathology and intraoperatively)
Yes 46 (3.2) 17 (37.0) 29 (63.0) <0.0001 * 23 (4.5) 17 (73.9) 6 (26.1) 0.0031 *
No 1409 (96.8) 210 (14.9) 1199 (85.1) 493 (95.5) 210 (42.6) 283 (57.4)
WHO classification 2007
I 1313 (86.6) 166 (12.6) 1147 (87.4) <0.0001 * 437 (79.5) 166 (38.0) 271 (62.0) <0.0001 *
II 200 (13.2) 74 (37) 126 (63) 110 (20.0) 74 (67.3) 36 (32.7)
III 4 (0.3) 2 (50) 2 (50) 3 (0.6) 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
WHO classification 2016
I 1281 (84.4) 158 (12.3) 1123 (87.7) <0.0001 * 425 (77.3) 158 (37.2) 267 (62.8) <0.0001 *
II 232 (15.3) 82 (35.3) 150 (64.7) 122 (22.2) 82 (67.2) 40 (32.8)
III 4 (0.3) 2 (50) 2 (50) 3 (0.56) 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)

Asterisk (*): statistically significant result.