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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Low socioeconomic position is a risk factor for delay to treatment and mortality of testicular cancer patients in Hungary, a prospective study

 

Seminoma (N = 154)

Non-seminoma (N = 149)

Age

mean ± SD (range)

mean ± SD (range)

Patient age (years)

38.5 ± 8.8 (22–64)

33.1 ± 9.6 (17–77)

Mother’s age at childbirth (years)

25.8 ± 5.2 (14–44)

26.2 ± 5.7 (16–43)

Father’s age at childbirth (years)

28.9 ± 6.1 (16–58)

29.3 ± 6.6 (17–54)

Socioeconomic position

 School type – Patient’s education

N

  Primary school or below

6 (3.9%)

17 (11.4%)

  Vocational school

37 (24.0%)

38 (25.5%)

  High school

53 (34.4%)

47 (31.5%)

  University/college

57 (37.0%)

46 (30.9%)

  N.D.

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.7%)

 School type – Mother’s education

N

  Primary school or below

26 (16.9%)

26 (17.4%)

  Vocational school

43 (27.9%)

37 (24.8%)

  High school

51 (33.1%)

52 (34.9%)

  University/college

31 (20.1%)

29 (19.5%)

  N.D.

3 (2.0%)

5 (3.4%)

 School type – Father’s education

N

  Primary school or below

12 (7.8%)

24 (16.1%)

  Vocational school

64 (41.6%)

54 (36.3%)

  High school

45 (29.2%)

27 (18.1%)

  University/college

28 (18.2%)

34 (22.8%)

  N.D.

5 (3.2%)

10 (6.7%)

 Patient’s residence type

N

  Budapest (capital)

49 (31.8%)

48 (32.2%)

  County seat

28 (18.2%)

15 (10.1%)

  City

48 (31.2%)

55 (36.9%)

  Small town/village

29 (18.8%)

31 (20.8%)

Distance from the center – km (N.I.O.)

Mean (range)

 

80.3 (10–300)

87.3 (10–300)

Number of household members

Mean (range)

 

3.0 (1–8)

3.0 (1–7)

Number of members with income

Mean (range)

 

2.0 (0–6)

2.0 (1–5)

Internet usage frequency

N

 Daily

127 (82.5%)

130 (87.2%)

 Few times a week to a few times a month

19 (12.3%)

14 (9.4%)

 Less frequently

8 (5.2%)

5 (3.4%)

Stage

N

 IA

101 (65.6%)

46 (30.9%)

 IB

9 (5.9%)

23 (15.4%)

 IS

0 (0.0%)

2 (1.3%)

 IIA

15 (9.7%)

19 (12.8%)

 IIB

10 (6.5%)

15 (10.1%)

 IIC

15 (9.7%)

7 (4.7%)

 IIIA

2 (1.3%)

9 (6.0%)

 IIIB

2 (1.3%)

13 (8.7%)

 IIIC

NA

15 (10.1%)

Prognosis

N

 Good

152 (98.7%)

116 (77.9%)

 Intermediate

2 (1.3%)

12 (8%)

 Poor

N.A

21 (14.1%)

  1. Separated based on histology (seminoma, non-seminoma). N: number of patients, SE: standard error, N.I.O.: National Institute of Oncology, N.D.: no data, N.A. not applicable
  2. NA: not applicable