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Table 2 Characteristics of patients sub-categorized by groups

From: Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the decision making of patients in undergoing gamma knife radiosurgery

 

No COVID-19

COVID-19 and no vaccination

COVID-19 and vaccination

p value

Age (years)

54.8

 ± 15.0

56.4

 ± 14.9

56.6

 ± 15.0

0.454

Sex-Male (n,%)

87 (42%)

89 (48.1%)

47(31.8%)

0.010

Neurological deficits (n, %)

94 (45.4%)

121(65.4%)

86(58.1%)

 < 0.001

Malignance (n, %)

83(40.1%)

64(34.6%)

49(33.1%)

0.337

Total TV (cc) (n = 538)

4.3

 ± 5.7

40.6

 ± 5.9

3.7

 ± 4.6

0.108

Peripheral dose (GY)

16.5

 ± 3.9

16.1

 ± 5.9

15.8

 ± 5.7

0.003

Number of lesions

1.9

 ± 1.9

1.5

 ± 1.3

1.4

 ± 1.1

0.011

KPS

83.1

 ± 8.5

83.9

 ± 7.3

84.7

 ± 8.4

0.208

ECOG

1.1

 ± 1.1

0.7

 ± 0.7

0.7

 ± 0.7

 < 0.001

Charlson comorbidity index

3.9

 ± 3.3

4.6

 ± 3.2

3.1

 ± 3.1

 < 0.001

Time from diagnosis to GK treatment (days)

45.0

 ± 28.0

54.5

 ± 27.6

29.6

 ± 10.9

 < 0.001

Time from diagnosis to GK consultation (days)

17.1

 ± 22.4

36.8

 ± 25.5

12.2

 ± 7.1

 < 0.001

Duration of GK treatment (hours)

4.8

 ± 1.4

5.1

 ± 1.4

5.2

 ± 1.4

0.007

OPD frequency (time/year)

13.7

 ± 7.6

6.9

 ± 6.0

10.0

 ± 6.3

 < 0.001

MRI frequency (time/year)

2.6

 ± 1.1

1.0

 ± 1.0

2.3

 ± 1.0

 < 0.001

  1. Kruskal–Wallis test. χ2 test. Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation. TV, KPS, ECOG, OPD, MRI, GK: see abbreviation in text