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Table 1 Patient baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: A retrospective cohort study of treatment patterns among patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma in the US

 

Total

First LOT

GEM + DOC

DOX

PAZO

DOX + IFO

GEM

Others

Overall p value

N (%)

555 (100)

124 (22.3)

72 (13.0)

38 (6.8)

31 (5.6)

29 (5.2)

261 (47.0)

 

Age, mean (95% CI)

58.8 (57.5–60.2)

57.1 (54.9–59.3)

65.9 (62.5–69.3)

59.0 (53.3–64.7)

54.7 (48.9–60.4)

66.3 (61.5–71.1)

57.4 (55.2–59.5)

< 0.001

Age categories, n (%)

 18–44

108 (19.5)

17 (13.7)

6 (8.3)

11 (29.0)

10 (32.3)

1 (3.5)

63 (24.1)

< 0.001

 45–54

91 (16.4)

30 (24.2)

9 (12.5)

3 (7.9)

3 (9.7)

4 (13.8)

42 (16.1)

0.091

 55–64

132 (23.8)

42 (33.9)

16 (22.2)

8 (21.1)

7 (22.6)

6 (20.7)

53 (20.3)

0.104

 65–74

128 (23.1)

28 (22.6)

19 (26.4)

8 (21.1)

10 (32.3)

8 (27.6)

55 (21.1)

0.708

 75+

96 (17.3)

7 (5.7)

22 (30.6)

8 (21.1)

1 (3.2)

10 (34.5)

48 (18.4)

< 0.001

Female, n (%)

257 (46.3)

75 (60.5)

36 (50.0)

21 (55.3)

10 (32.3)

13 (44.8)

102 (39.1)

0.001

Coverage type, n (%)

 Commercial

363 (65.4)

90 (72.6)

38 (52.8)

28 (73.7)

22 (71.0)

15 (51.7)

170 (65.1)

0.036

  Aged < 65 years

318 (87.6)

85 (94.4)

30 (79.0)

22 (78.6)

20 (90.9)

10 (66.7)

151 (88.8)

0.010

  Aged 65+ years

45 (12.4)

5 (5.6)

8 (21.1)

6 (21.4)

2 (9.1)

5 (33.3)

19 (11.1)

0.010

 Medicare advantage

192 (34.6)

34 (27.4)

34 (47.2)

10 (26.3)

9 (29.0)

14 (48.3)

91 (34.9)

0.036

Geographic region, n (%)

 Northeast

92 (16.6)

17 (13.7)

11 (15.3)

7 (18.4)

8 (25.8)

6 (20.7)

43 (16.5)

0.672

 Midwest

151 (27.2)

32 (25.8)

24 (33.3)

10 (26.3)

8 (25.8)

9 (31.0)

68 (26.1)

0.860

 South

228 (41.1)

57 (46.0)

25 (34.7)

17 (44.7)

9 (29.0)

9 (31.0)

111 (42.5)

0.313

 West

84 (15.1)

18 (14.5)

12 (16.7)

4 (10.5)

6 (19.4)

5 (17.2)

39 (14.9)

0.931

Quan-Charlson comorbidity score, mean (95% CI)

7.6 (7.4–7.7)

7.4 (7.1–7.7)

7.7 (7.4–8.1)

7.6 (6.9–8.3)

6.9 (6.5–7.4)

8.0 (7.3–8.6)

7.6 (7.4–7.8)

0.166

≥ 1 Radiation claim, n (%)

251 (45.2)

37 (29.8)

44 (61.1)

18 (47.4)

9 (29.0)

14 (48.3)

129 (49.4)

< 0.001

≥ 1 Surgery claim, n (%)

397 (71.5)

96 (77.4)

53 (73.6)

28 (73.7)

20 (64.5)

20 (69.0)

180 (69.0)

0.544

Length of follow-up (days), mean (95% CI)

325.8 (303.6–347.9)

363.6 (313.9–413.3)

316.0 (261.8–370.2)

317.8 (234.6–401.0)

365.4 (254.9–475.8)

186.1 (121.3–251.0)

322.4 (289.6–355.3)

0.043

  1. DOC docetaxel, DOX doxorubicin, GEM gemcitabine, IFO ifosfamide, PAZO pazopanib, SD standard deviation