Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics of eligible TMT and NAC + RC patients before and after the propensity score match
Variables | Data before PSM | Data after PSM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | TMT N = 822 | NAC + RC N = 353 | P | TMT N = 303 | NAC + RC N = 303 | P |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 68 years | 198 (24.1) | 217 (61.5) | < 0.001 | 157 (51.8) | 167 (55.1) | 0.464 |
 ≥ 68 years | 624 (75.9) | 136 (38.5) |  | 146 (48.2) | 136 (44.9) |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 619 (75.3) | 261 (73.9) | 0.673 | 233 (76.9) | 221 (72.9) | 0.303 |
 Female | 203 (24.7) | 92 (26.1) |  | 70 (23.1) | 82 (27.1) |  |
Race | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 White | 712 (86.6) | 315 (89.2) | 0.104 | 261 (86.1) | 271 (89.4) | 0.117 |
 Black | 65 (7.9) | 16 (4.5) |  | 24 (7.9) | 12 (4.0) |  |
 Other/Unknown | 45 (5.5) | 22 (6.2) |  | 18 (5.9) | 20 (6.6) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Married | 459 (55.8) | 224 (63.5) | 0.018 | 182 (60.1) | 192 (63.4) | 0.452 |
 Unmarried/unknown | 363 (44.2) | 129 (36.5) |  | 121 (39.9) | 111 (36.6) |  |
Grade | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 I/II | 19 (2.3) | 7 (2.0) | 0.939 | 4 (1.3) | 7 (2.3) | 0.659 |
 III/IV | 742 (90.3) | 320 (90.7) |  | 278 (91.7) | 275 (90.8) |  |
 Unknown | 61 (7.4) | 26 (7.4) |  | 21 (6.9) | 21 (6.9) |  |
T stage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 T2 | 726 (88.3) | 232 (65.7) | < 0.001 | 222 (73.3) | 232 (76.6) | 0.257 |
 T3–4a | 62 (7.5) | 93 (26.3) |  | 56 (18.4) | 56 (18.4) |  |
 Unknown | 34 (4.1) | 28 (7.9) |  | 25 (8.3) | 15 (5.0) |  |