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Table 1 Characteristics of patients from SEER database by age

From: The prognostic significance of age in operated and non-operated colorectal cancer

 

15-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70

71-80

>80

P value

Characteristic

(n = 1181)

(n = 5333)

(n = 18727)

(n = 39125)

(n = 53540)

(n = 64642)

(n = 43882)

 

Site

       

<0.001

Colon

878

3854

13619

29335

42067

52767

36839

 

%

76.1%

73.6%

73.8%

76.1%

79.8%

83.0%

85.6%

 

Rectum

276

1382

4823

9194

10625

10772

6205

 

%

23.9%

26.4%

26.2%

23.9%

20.2%

17.0%

14.4%

 

Sex

        

Male

622

2881

10188

22876

30443

32157

16326

<0.001

%

52.7%

54.0%

54.4%

58.5%

56.9%

49.7%

37.2%

 

Female

559

2452

8539

16249

23097

32485

27556

 

%

47.3%

46.0%

45.6%

41.5%

43.1%

50.3%

62.8%

 

Surgery Resection

       

<0.001

Yes

1073

4874

17025

35729

48909

58248

36890

 

%

90.9%

91.4%

90.9%

91.3%

91.4%

90.2%

84.1%

 

No

98

416

1594

3150

4318

6017

6647

 

%

8.3%

7.8%

8.5%

8.1%

8.1%

9.3%

15.2%

 

Unknown

10

43

105

243

292

347

316

 

%

0.8%

0.8%

0.6%

0.6%

0.5%

0.5%

0.7%

 

Grade

       

<0.001

I/II

687

3555

13196

28331

39003

46869

30960

 

%

58.2%

66.7%

70.5%

72.4%

72.8%

72.5%

70.6%

 

III/IV

358

1232

3589

6649

9212

11727

8526

 

%

30.3%

23.1%

19.2%

17.0%

17.2%

18.1%

19.4%

 

Unknown

136

546

1942

4145

5325

6046

4396

 

%

11.5%

10.2%

10.4%

10.6%

9.9%

9.4%

10.0%

 

Race

       

<0.001

Caucasian

865

3943

14062

30358

42785

54227

38195

 

%

73.2%

73.9%

75.1%

77.6%

79.9%

83.9%

87.0%

 

African American

158

726

2689

5190

6144

5550

3101

 

%

13.4%

13.6%

14.4%

13.3%

11.5%

8.6%

7.1%

 

Others*

153

637

1864

3361

4358

4604

2458

 

%

13.0%

11.9%

10.0%

8.6%

8.1%

7.1%

5.6%

 

Unknown

5

27

112

216

253

261

128

 

%

0.4%

0.5%

0.6%

0.6%

0.5%

0.4%

0.3%

 

Histological Type

       

<0.001

Adenocarcinoma

833

4363

16225

34740

47536

56905

38431

 

%

72.2%

82.5%

86.9%

89.0%

88.9%

88.1%

87.7%

 

Mucinous/Signet-ring cancer

320

927

2440

4308

5927

7655

5384

 

%

27.8%

17.5%

13.1%

11.0%

11.1%

11.9%

12.3%

 

AJCC stage

       

<0.001

I- II

326

1857

6736

15467

23031

29743

19712

 

%

27.6%

34.8%

36.0%

39.5%

43.0%

46.0%

44.9%

 

III -IV

705

2828

9432

17834

22753

25328

15786

 

%

59.7%

53.0%

50.4%

45.6%

42.5%

39.2%

36.0%

 

Unknown

150

648

2559

5824

7756

9571

8384

 

%

12.7%

12.2%

13.7%

14.9%

14.5%

14.8%

19.1%

 
  1. *Including American Indian/AK Native, Asian/Pacific Islander.