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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with radiation-induced intracranial aneurysms

From: Intracranial aneurysms formation after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: a 10-year nationwide follow-up study

Variables

NPC-RT

Non-NPC-RT

Non-NPC-NRT

 Number

40

36

9

 Incidence, 100,000 persons-year (95% CI)

47.8 (35.1–65.2)

23.9 (17.2–33.1)

10.4 (5.4–19.9)

 Interval time, years (± SD)

4.3 (±3.1)

1.9 (±2.2)

5.5 (±3.2)

 Mean age, years (± SD)

50.7(±11.3)

56.7 (±9.4)

53.8 (±13.7)

Gender

 Male (%)

31 (77.5)

28 (77.8)

9 (100.0)

 Female (%)

9 (22.5)

8 (22.2)

0 (0)

  1. Abbreviations: NPC-RT nasopharyngeal cancer patients with radiotherapy, Non-NPC–RT other head and neck cancer patients with radiotherapy, Non-NPC-NRT other head and neck cancer patients without radiotherapy, CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation