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Table 1 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Can upfront DPYD extended variant testing reduce toxicity and associated hospital costs of fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy? A propensity score matched analysis of 2022 UK patients

 

ToxNav (n = 466)

No-ToxNav (n = 1556)

Difference (p-value)

Female

218 (47%)

900 (58%)

−11 p.p. (0.000)

Race

(0.136)

 Caucasian

304 (65%)

1079 (69%)

−4 p.p

 Asian

6 (1%)

28 (2%)

−1 p.p.

 African

2 (0%)

15 (1%)

−1 p.p.

 Mixed

0 (0%)

3 (0%)

0 p.p.

 Other/unknown

154 (33%)

432 (28%)

5 p.p.

Tumour site

(0.000)

 Upper GI

71 (15%)

299 (19%)

−4 p.p.

 Lower GI

167 (36%)

724 (47%)

−11 p.p.

 Breast

117 (25%)

382 (25%)

0 p.p.

 Other

35 (8%)

132 (8%)

0 p.p.

 Missing

76 (16%)

19 (1%)

15 p.p.

Mean age at start FU

61.3 (12.9)

60.1 (12.9)

−1 (0.0643)

Mean FU months (SD) n

13.8 (6.2) 391

24.6 (13.0) 1470

−11 (0.0000)

Mean chemo cycles (SD) n

3.8 (2.9)

5.1 (7.8)

1.3 (0.0401)

Total deaths

95 (20%)

490 (32%)

−12 p.p. (0.000)

Deaths within 30 days of chemo

7 (2%)

35 (2%)

0 p.p. (0.321)

Deaths due to Capecitabine/5FU

1 (0.2%)

10 (0.6%)

0 p.p

Cardiac deaths due to Capecitabine/5FU

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.1%)

0 p.p