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Table 1 Overview of patient characteristics

From: Outcome of carcinoid heart syndrome in patients enrolled in the SwissNet cohort

 

All patients, n = 23

Group Ab, n = 4

Group B n = 12

Group C n = 6

Sex, n (%)

 Female

7 (30)

1 (25)

4 (33)

2 (33)

 Male

16 (70)

3 (75)

8 (67)

4 (67)

Age at diagnosis, years

 Mean (SD)

64 (10)

74 (7)

65 (10)*

56 (7)*

 Median (iqr; min; max)

65 (15; 45; 80)

76 (9; 64; 80)

70 (15.5; 49; 78)

60 (6; 45; 65)

Death Certified, n (%)

 No

8 (35)

0 (0)

6 (50)

1 (17)

 Yes

15 (65)

4 (100)

6 (50)

5 (83)

Death tumor-related, n (%)

 Yes

15 (100)

4 (100)

6 (100)

5 (100)

Time-to-death after NET diagnosis, monthsa

 Mean (SD)

15 (21)

3 (2)

4 (6)

47(9)

 Median (iqr; min; max)

3 (28; 0; 61.4)

2 (2;1;6)

0.4 (3;0;20)

48 (12;28; 62)

Time-to-death after diagnosis of CHD, monthsa

 Mean (SD)

24 (25)

7 (6)

50 (18)* + 

6 (6)

 Median (iqr; min; max)

16 (34; 0; 144)

5 (6;1;16)

49 (26;30;75)

4 (2;0;17)

  1. Patient data derived from SwissNET (n = 23)
  2. Fisher exact test < 0.05: * vs group A; ° vs group B, + vs group C
  3. CHD Carcinoid heart disease, iqr Interquartile range, min Minimum, max Maximum, NET Neuroendocrine tumor, SD Standard deviation
  4. aOnly patients who succumbed to disease were evaluated
  5. bOne patient was excluded from group A as this patient was still alive and the disease is stable