Table 1 Characteristics of the surviving and the deceased patients
Surviving patients (N = 289) | Deceased patients (N = 14) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
mean ± SD | |||
Age of patient | 35.9 ± 9.8 | 41.62 ± 12.3 | *p = 0.0277 |
Age of mother at childbirth | 26.1 ± 5.5 | 24.92 ± 6.4 | *p = 0.4397 |
Age of father at childbirth | 29.4 ± 6.5 | 27.77 ± 7.8 | *p = 0.4186 |
Histology | N | ||
Seminoma | 151 (98.1%) | 3 (1.9%) | |
Non-seminoma | 138 (92.6%) | 11 (7.4%) | **p = 0.0289 |
First-line treatment | N | ||
Castration | 277 (95.8%) | 10 (71.4%) | **p = 0.0038 |
Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by castration | 12 (4.2%) | 4 (28.6%) | |
Education | N | ||
Primary school or below | 21 (7.3%) | 2 (14.3%) | **p = 0.0012 |
Vocational school | 65 (22.7%) | 10 (71.4%) | |
High School | 98 (34.1%) | 0 (0.0) | |
University/college | 103 (35.9%) | 2 (14.3%) | |
Settlement | N | ||
Budapest | 94 (32.5%) | 1 (7.1%) | **p = 0.0271 |
County seat | 38 (13.1%) | 2 (14.3%) | |
City | 97 (33.6%) | 5 (35.7%) | |
Village | 60 (20.8%) | 6 (42.9%) | |
Prognosis | N | ||
Good | 262 (90.8%) | 5 (35.7%) | **p < 0.001 |
Intermediate | 12 (4.3%) | 2 (14.3%) | |
Poor | 14 (4.9%) | 7 (50.0%) | |
Patient’s delay | N | ||
≤ 1 week | 109 (37.7%) | 1 (7.1%) | ****p < 0.001 |
1 week–1 month | 102 (35.2%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
1–6 months | 45 (15.6%) | 3 (21.5%) | |
6–12 months | 10 (3.5%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
> 12 months | 23 (8.0%) | 8 (57.2%) | |
Social quartile (SES) | N | ||
1 | 73 (25.3%) | 11 (78.7%) | **p < 0.001 |
2 | 66 (22.8%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
3 | 62 (21.4%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
4 | 63 (21.8%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
N.D. | 25 (8.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | |