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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the pooled cohort stratified by sample type

From: Accurate 3-gene-signature for early diagnosis of liposarcoma progression

Variable

Pathology

P-value

Lipoma

ALT/WDLPS

DDLPS

N

8

17

20

 

Age (range)

NA

62.8 (45–78)

64.0 (39–80)

0.74§

Gender (%)

 Male

5 (63)

9 (53)

8 (38)

 

 Female

3 (37)

8 (47)

6 (28)

0.82

 Missing

0

0

6 (30)

 

Anatomical site (%)

 Abdominal

3 (37)

7 (41)

19 (95)

< 0.001*

 Extra-abdominal

5 (63)

10 (59)

1 (5)

Surgery (%)

 Primary surgery

NA

10 (59)

13 (65)

0.7*

 Relapse surgery

NA

7 (41)

7 (35)

Metastasis

 

0

1

NA

Other cancers#

 

3

2

NA

  1. WDLPS well-differentiated LPS, ALT atypical lipomatous tumor, DDLPS dedifferentiated LPS
  2. §2-sided Student’s t-test
  3. * X2 test comparing ALT/WDLPS and DDLPS
  4. #Two breast cancers, one thyroid cancer, one prostate cancer and one neuroendocrine tumor