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. 2022 Mar;11(3):386–396. doi: 10.21037/tau-21-1015

Table 1. Baseline characteristic.

Variables All patients (n=141)
Age, mean ± SD 50.10±13.56
Male, n (%) 107 (0.76)
Clear cell carcinoma, n (%) 103 (0.73)
KPS ≥80, n (%) 105 (0.74)
Hypertension, n (%) 36 (0.26)
Hypertension medication, n (%) 20 (0.14)
Diabetes, n (%) 10 (0.07)
Resection of primary lesion, n (%)
   Partial nephrectomy 20 (0.14)
   Radical nephrectomy 91 (0.65)
IMDC classification, n (%)
   Favorable 23 (0.16)
   Intermediate 70 (0.50)
   Poor 48 (0.34)
Tumor metastasis site, n (%)
   Bone 51 (0.36)
   Liver 10 (0.07)
   Lung 63 (0.45)
   Lymph node 76 (0.54)
   Colon 6 (0.04)
   Pancreas 4 (0.03)
Types of TKI, n (%)
   Sunitinib 74 (0.52)
   Axitinib 75 (0.53)
   Pazopanib 35 (0.25)
Sorafenib 12 (0.08)
Duration of TKI, months, mean ± SD 22.98±17.60
The administration of PD-1inhibitor, n (%) 66 (0.47)
Baseline renal function, median (IQR)
   eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 81.56 (36.74)
   SCr, mmol/L 90.35 (38.33)
   BUN, mmol/L 6.00 (2.87)
   CYSC, mg/L 1.08 (0.40)

SD, standard deviation; KPS, Karnofsky performance status; IMDC, International Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor; PD-1, programmed cell death protein 1; IQR, inter quartile range; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; SCr, serum creatinine; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CYSC, cystatin C.