Table 3.

Associations between defect characteristics and PROMs.

PROM	Defect Characteristic		Median Score (IQR)	P value
UW-QOL	Oropharyngeal component	Yes	72 (53 – 78)	p = 0.2723
Physical		No	63 (52 – 73)
	Resection type	Oral tongue	48 (36 – 70)	p = 0.0025
		Composite	68 (59 – 81)
	Extent of tongue resection	None	78 (64 – 92)	p < 0.0001
		< 1/3	68 (57 – 76)
		1/3–1/2	61 (42 – 68)
		> 1/2	40 (32 – 53)
UW-QOL	Oropharyngeal component	Yes	83 (63 – 91)	p = 0.39
Social		No	70 (63 – 87)
	Resection type	Oral tongue	73 (62–83	p = 0.3738
		Composite	77 (63 – 89)
	Extent of tongue resection	None	78 (65 – 88)	p = 0.2433
		< 1/3	69 (62 – 81)
		1/3–1/2	82 (66 – 91)
		> 1/2	66 (60 – 73)
EAT-10	Oropharyngeal component	Yes	4 (2 – 22)	p = 0.3850
		No	10 (4 – 24)
	Resection type	Oral tongue	25 (10 – 32	p = 0.0004
		Composite	10 (2 – 18)
	Extent of tongue resection	None	2 (1 – 7)	p < 0.0001
		< 1/3	8 (4 – 16)
		1/3–1/2	19 (7 – 31)
		> 1/2	28 (24 – 33)