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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced oral cavity cancer

From: Tracking the dropout patients of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with locally advanced oral cavity cancer

Characteristics

Undergoing surgery

(N = 148)

Without surgery

(N = 23)

Statistical value a

P-value

Age, year

  

1.285

0.201

 Mean ± SD

56.7 ± 10.8

59.8 ± 10.0

  

 Median (range)

59 (29–73)

63 (40–72)

  

Gender, n

  

1.903

0.168

 Male

109

20

  

 Female

39

3

  

Marital status, n

  

5.056

0.025

 Married

136

17

  

 Unmarried/ Divorce/ Widowed

12

6

  

Smoking in men, n

  

2.045

0.153

 Current smoker

85

12

  

 Former smoker/Nonsmoker

24

8

  

Alcohol drinking in men, n

  

1.150

0.284

 Light

68

10

  

 Heavy

41

10

  

Educational level, n

  

0.025

0.874

 College or above

49

8

  

 Below college

99

15

  

Primary site, n

  

3.745

0.404

 Tongue

63

14

  

 Bucca

30

2

  

 Gingiva

23

2

  

 Palate

4

1

  

 Floor of mouth

28

4

  

HPV status, n

  

0.100

0.751

 Negative

98

16

  

 Positive

50

7

  

T classification, n

  

4.245

0.039

 2/3

103

11

  

 4a

45

12

  

N classification, n

  

1.330

0.539

 0

32

3

  

 1

51

7

  

 2

65

13

  

Clinical stage, n

  

1.485

0.223

 III

65

7

  

 IVa

83

16

  
  1. SD standard deviation, HPV human papilloma virus
  2. a The Statistical values referred to the t-value for continuous variables and the Χ2-value for categorical variables