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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 341 patients

From: Prognostic value of serum uric acid and tumor response to induction chemotherapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Characteristics

SUA after two cycles of IC > 327 μmol/L (%)

SUA after two cycles of IC ≤ 327 μmol/L (%)

PR/CR (%)

SD/PD (%)

Total

167 (49.0%)

174 (51.0%)

236 (69.2%)

105 (30.8%)

Gender

 Female

130 (38.1%)

101 (29.6%)

155 (45.5%)

76 (22.3%)

 Male

37 (10.9%)

73 (21.4%)

81 (23.7%)

29 (8.5%)

Age (years)

  ≤ 50

92 (27.0%)

97 (28.4%)

130 (38.1%)

59 (17.3%)

  > 50

75 (22.0%)

77 (22.6%)

106 (31.1%)

46 (13.5%)

Pathological type

 WHO I

0 (0)

2 (0.6%)

0 (0)

2 (0.6%)

 WHO II

9 (2.6%)

9 (2.6%)

12 (3.5%)

6 (1.8%)

 WHO III

158 (46.3%)

163 (47.8%)

224 (65.7%)

97 (28.4%)

T stage

 T1

24 (7.0%)

17 (5.0%)

28 (8.2%)

13 (3.8%)

 T2

32 (9.4%)

38 (11.1%)

52 (15.2%)

18 (5.3%)

 T3

65 (19.1%)

72 (21.1%)

99 (29.0%)

38 (11.1%)

 T4

46 (13.5%)

47 (13.8%)

57 (16.7%)

36 (10.6%)

N stage

 N0

11 (3.2%)

7 (2.1%)

11 (3.2%)

7 (2.1%)

 N1

49 (14.4%)

68 (19.9%)

80 (23.5%)

37 (10.9%)

 N2

87 (25.5%)

79 (23.2%)

115 (33.7%)

51 (15.0%)

 N3

20 (5.9%)

20 (5.9%)

30 (8.8%)

10 (2.9%)

Chemotherapy cycles

  ≤ 3

31 (9.1%)

31 (9.1%)

41 (12.0%)

21 (6.2%)

  > 3

136 (39.9%)

143 (41.9%)

195 (57.2%)

84 (24.6%)

  1. Abbreviations: CR complete response, IC induction chemotherapy, PD disease progression, PR partial response, SD stable disease, SUA serum uric acid