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Table 5 Gender distribution of sacral malignant tumors

From: Epidemiological characteristics of 1385 primary sacral tumors in one institution in China

Histology

No.

Male

Female

M:F

Age range (years)

Mean ± SD (age)

No.

No.

%

No.

%

Male

Female

Total P value

Chordoma

316

210

66.5%

106

33.5%

1.98:1

18–86

56.1 ± 13.3

54.1 ± 14.4

55.4 ± 13.7

P = 0.236

Chondrosarcoma

74

41

55.4%

33

44.6%

1.24:1

17–69

37.7 ± 14.8

44.9 ± 10.0

40.9 ± 13.3

P = 0.015

Myeloma

53

36

67.9%

17

32.1%

2.12:1

22–78

53.4 ± 14.4

55.6 ± 10.6

54.1 ± 13.2

P = 0.567

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor

47

19

40.4%

28

59.6%

0.68:1

8–75

40.4 ± 18.3

41.0 ± 15.8

40.8 ± 16.7

P = 0.903

Ewing sarcoma

47

24

51.1%

23

48.9%

1.04:1

2–56

23.8 ± 13.1

22.7 ± 12.8

23.3 ± 12.8

P = 0.791

Osteosarcoma

40

23

57.5%

17

42.5%

1.35:1

10–58

29.0 ± 13.6

22.0 ± 10.3

26.0 ± 12.7

P = 0.085

Lymphoma

35

15

42.9%

20

57.1%

0.75:1

20–78

46.2 ± 16.4

49.2 ± 14.3

47.9 ± 15.0

P = 0.574