|
Variables
|
Mean (SD) / n (%)
| |
|---|
| |
Patients (n = 158)
|
Healthy controls (n = 130)
|
p-Value
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
45.86 (10.56)
|
44.55 (9.72)
|
0.157
|
|
Education levels
| | |
<0.001
|
|
Primary school or below
|
103 (65.2)
|
65 (50.0)
| |
|
High school
|
34 (21.5)
|
15 (11.5)
| |
|
College or above
|
21 (13.3)
|
50 (38.5)
| |
|
Employment status
| | |
<0.001
|
|
Employed but on medical leave
|
32 (20.3)
|
100 (76.9)
| |
|
Unemployed or retired
|
126 (79.7)
|
30 (23.1)
| |
|
Marital status
| | |
0.895
|
|
Single
|
9 (5.7)
|
8 (6.2)
| |
|
Married
|
142 (89.9)
|
117 (90.0)
| |
|
Divorced
|
6 (3.8)
|
5 (3.8)
| |
|
Widowed
|
1 (0.6)
|
0 (0.0)
| |
|
Disease stage
|
|
Early stage
|
81 (51.3)
| | |
|
Middle stage
|
57 (36.1)
| | |
|
Advanced stage
|
20 (12.6)
| | |
|
Disease diagnosis
|
|
Cervical cancer
|
98 (62.0)
| | |
|
Ovarian cancer
|
28 (17.7)
| | |
|
Uterine cancer
|
14 (8.9)
| | |
|
Other (e.g. GTN)
|
18 (11.4)
| | |
|
Types of treatment
|
|
Surgery
|
37 (23.4)
| | |
|
Chemotherapy
|
14 (8.9)
| | |
|
Surgery + chemotherapy
|
71 (44.9)
| | |
|
Surgery + radiation + chemotherapy
|
21 (13.3)
| | |
|
Radiation + chemotherapy
|
15 (9.5)
| | |
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Abbreviation: GTN Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia
