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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Managing soft tissue sarcomas in a developing country: are prognostic factors similar to those of developed world?

Characteristics

Total

Margin <10 mm

Margin >10 mm

P value

 

Number = 84, No. (%)

Number = 46, No. (%)

Number = 38, No. (%)

 

Age

   

0.162

< 45

47

23 (50%)

24 (63.2%)

 

≥ 45

37

23 (50%)

14 (76.8%)

 

Gender

   

0.282

Male

46 (54.8%)

27 (58.7%)

19 (50%)

 

Female

38 (45.2%)

19 (41.3%)

19 (50%)

 

Tumor site

   

0.350

Upper

25 (29.8)

15 (32.6%)

10 (26.3%)

 

Lower

59 (70.2%)

31 (67.4%)

28 (77.7%)

 

Grade

   

0.041

1

13 (15.5%)

03 (6.5%)

10 (26.3%)

 

2

31 (36.9%)

18 (39.1%)

13 (34.2%)

 

3

40 (47.6%)

25 (54.3%)

15 (39.4%)

 

Size

   

0.308

<5 cm

34 (40.5%)

17 (37%)

17 (44.7%)

 

>5 cm

50 (59.5%)

29 (43%)

31 (55.3%)

 

Radio

   

0.567

Yes

60 (71.4%)

27 (58.7%)

33 (86.8%)

 

No

24 (28.6%)

19 (41.3%)

11 (13.2%)

 

Margin

    

1-4 mm

18 (21.4%)

-

-

-

5-9 mm

28 (33.3%)

-

-

-

10-19 mm

34 (40.5%)

-

-

-

>20

04 (4.8%)

-

-

-

Depth

   

0.111

Superficial

47 (56%)

29 (63%)

18 (47.4%)

 

Deep

37 (44%)

17 (37%)

20 (52.6%)

 

Recurrence

   

0.112

Yes

12 (14.3%)

09 (19.6%)

03 (7.9%)

 

No

72 (85.7%)

37 (80.4%)

35 (92.1%)

 

Metastasis

   

0.303

Yes

07 (8.3%)

05 (10.9%)

02 (5.3%)

 

No

77 (91.7%)

41 (89.1%)

36 (94.7%)

 

Status

   

0.006

Dead

08 (9.5%)

08 (17.4%)

00 (0%)

 

Alive

76 (90.5%)

38 (82.6%)

38 (100%)