Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma in the training cohort and validation cohort.
| Variables | Training Cohort | Validation Cohort | Total | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, n, % | 0.482 | ||||||
| ≤38 | 3184 | 26.6 | 1585 | 26.5 | 4769 | 26.6 | |
| 39-47 | 3137 | 26.2 | 1511 | 25.2 | 4648 | 25.9 | |
| 48-58 | 2823 | 23.6 | 1440 | 24.0 | 4263 | 23.7 | |
| ≥59 | 2830 | 23.6 | 1452 | 24.2 | 4282 | 23.83 | |
| Race, n, % | 0.496 | ||||||
| White | 9000 | 75.2 | 4460 | 74.5 | 13460 | 74.9 | |
| Black | 1692 | 14.1 | 854 | 14.3 | 2546 | 14.2 | |
| Other | 1282 | 10.7 | 674 | 11.3 | 1956 | 10.9 | |
| Year of diagnosis, n, % | 0.77 | ||||||
| ≤1996 | 1353 | 11.3 | 677 | 11.3 | 2030 | 11.3 | |
| 1997-2004 | 3442 | 28.7 | 1691 | 28.2 | 5133 | 28.6 | |
| ≥2005 | 7179 | 60.0 | 3620 | 60.5 | 10799 | 60.1 | |
| Histologic grade, n, % | 0.448 | ||||||
| Grade I | 912 | 7.6 | 420 | 7.0 | 1332 | 7.4 | |
| Grade II | 5383 | 45.0 | 2692 | 45.0 | 8075 | 45.0 | |
| Grade III | 5460 | 45.6 | 2773 | 46.3 | 8233 | 45.8 | |
| Grade IV | 219 | 1.8 | 103 | 1.7 | 322 | 1.8 | |
| Clinical stage, n, % | 0.646 | ||||||
| Stage I | 5533 | 46.2 | 2714 | 45.3 | 8247 | 45.9 | |
| Stage II | 1916 | 16.0 | 968 | 16.2 | 2884 | 16.1 | |
| Stage III | 3201 | 26.7 | 1615 | 27.0 | 4816 | 26.8 | |
| Stage IV | 1324 | 11.1 | 691 | 11.5 | 2015 | 11.2 | |
| Tumor size, n, % | 0.306 | ||||||
| ≤28 | 4327 | 36.1 | 2129 | 35.6 | 6456 | 35.9 | |
| 29-69 | 5691 | 47.5 | 2916 | 48.7 | 8607 | 47.9 | |
| ≥70 | 1956 | 16.3 | 943 | 15.7 | 2899 | 16.1 | |
| Metastasis, n, % | 0.562 | ||||||
| M0 | 10878 | 90.8 | 5424 | 90.6 | 16302 | 90.8 | |
| M1 | 1096 | 9.2 | 564 | 9.4 | 1660 | 9.2 | |
| Radiotherapy, n, % | 0.88 | ||||||
| No/Unknown | 4361 | 36.4 | 2174 | 36.3 | 6535 | 36.4 | |
| Yes | 7613 | 63.6 | 3814 | 63.7 | 11427 | 63.6 | |
| Chemotherapy, n, % | 0.358 | ||||||
| No/Unknown | 6178 | 51.6 | 3046 | 50.9 | 9224 | 51.4 | |
| Yes | 5796 | 48.4 | 2942 | 49.1 | 8738 | 48.6 | |
| Historic stage, n, % | 0.408 | ||||||
| Localized | 5332 | 44.5 | 2609 | 43.6 | 7941 | 44.2 | |
| Regional | 5484 | 45.8 | 2775 | 46.3 | 8259 | 46.0 | |
| Distant | 1158 | 9.7 | 604 | 10.1 | 1762 | 9.8 | |