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Table 1 The baseline characteristics of large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma patients

From: The survival benefit from surgery on patients with large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in the lung: a propensity-score matching study

  

Surgery

 

Surgery (PSM)

 

Variables

All

n = 453 (%)

No

n = 154 (%)

Yes

n = 299 (%)

P-value

No

n = 77 (%)

Yes

n = 77 (%)

P-value

Sex

   

0.226

  

1.00

Male

238 (52.5)

87 (56.5)

151 (50.5)

 

44 (57.1)

44 (57.1)

 

Female

215 (47.5)

67 (43.5)

148 (49.5)

 

33 (42.9)

33 (42.9)

 

Age (year)

   

0.052

  

0.871

≤ 65

220 (48.6)

65 (42.2)

155 (51.8)

 

34 (44.2)

35 (45.5)

 

> 65

233 (51.4)

89 (57.8)

144 (48.2)

 

43 (55.8)

42 (54.5)

 

Race

   

0.019

  

0.841

White

363 (80.1)

114 (74.0)

249 (83.3)

 

61 (79.2)

62 (80.5)

 

Other/ unknown

90 (19.9)

40 (26.0)

50 (16.7)

 

16 (20.8)

15 (19.5)

 

Marital status

   

0.027

  

< 0.001*

Unmarried

211 (46.6)

85 (55.2)

218 (42.1)

 

48 (62.3)

23 (29.9)

 

Married

211 (48.8)

62 (40.3)

255 (53.2)

 

26 (33.8)

50 (64.9)

 

Unknown

21 (4.6)

7 (4.5)

20 (4.7)

 

3 (3.9)

4 (5.2)

 

Location

   

< 0.001

  

0.297

Upper

302 (66.7)

102 (66.2)

200 (66.9)

 

50 (64.9)

49 (64.3)

 

Lower

114 (25.2)

29 (18.8)

85 (28.4)

 

16 (20.8)

22 (24.7)

 

Other/ unknown

37 (8.1)

23 (15.0)

29 (4.7)

 

11 (14.3)

17 (11.0)

 

Laterality

   

0.043*

  

0.513

Left

199 (43.9)

58 (37.7)

141 (47.2)

 

30 (39.0)

34 (44.2)

 

Right

253 (55.8)

95 (61.7)

158 (52.8)

 

47 (61.0)

43 (55.8)

 

Other/ unknown

1 (0.3)

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

 

-

-

 

T stage

   

< 0.001

  

0.668

T1

186 (41.1)

50 (32.5)

136 (45.5)

 

33 (42.9)

28 (36.4)

 

T2

145 (32.0)

39 (25.3)

106 (35.5)

 

22 (28.6)

26 (33.8)

 

T3

47 (10.4)

15 (9.7)

32 (10.7)

 

5 (6.5)

8 (10.4)

 

T4

75 (16.5)

50 (32.5)

25 (8.3)

 

17 (22.0)

15 (19.4)

 

N stage

   

< 0.001

  

0.144

N0

286 (63.1)

67 (43.5)

219 (73.2)

 

44 (57.1)

44 (57.1)

 

N1

54 (11.9)

7 (4.5)

47 (15.7)

 

5 (6.5)

12 (15.6)

 

N2

113 (25.0)

80 (52.0)

33 (11.1)

 

28 (36.4)

21 (27.3)

 

Grade

   

< 0.001

  

0.211*

I─II

11 (2.4)

3 (1.9)

8 (2.7)

 

3 (3.8)

2 (2.6)

 

III

231 (51.0)

58 (37.7)

173 (57.9)

 

36 (46.8)

29 (37.6)

 

IV

65 (14.3)

67 (7.1)

54 (18.1)

 

5 (6.5)

13 (16.9)

 

Unknown

146 (32.3)

163 (53.3)

64 (21.3)

 

33 (42.9)

33 (42.9)

 

Radiotherapy

   

< 0.001

  

0.306*

No

295 (65.1)

45 (29.2)

250 (83.6)

 

35 (45.5)

38 (49.4)

 

Yes

151 (33.3)

106 (68.8)

45 (15.1)

 

41 (53.2)

35 (45.5)

 

Unknown

7 (1.6)

3 (2.0)

4 (1.4)

 

1 (1.3)

4 (5.1)

 

Chemotherapy

   

< 0.001

  

0.747

No

237 (52.3)

55 (35.7)

182 (60.9)

 

38 (49.4)

36 (46.8)

 

Yes

216 (47.7)

99 (64.3)

117 (39.1)

 

39 (50.6)

41 (53.2)

 
  1. PSM: propensity-score matching, Fisher’s exact test calculated the P-value of comparison to laterality*, and the Chi-square test calculated others