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Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics of the study cohort stratified by histologic subtype and operation

From: Role of colectomy in the management of appendiceal tumors: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic

Goblet Cell

n (%)

Mucinous

n (%)

Neuroendocrine

n (%)

Non-mucinous

n (%)

Appy

RHC

Appy

RHC

Appy

RHC

Appy

RHC

Sex

p = 0.336

p < 0.001

p = 0.007

p = 0.991

 Male

303 (50)

658 (48)

844 (39)

1899 (47)

1165 (38)

1070 (42)

748 (53)

1578 (53)

 Female

298 (50)

711 (52)

1302 (61)

2174 (53)

1880 (62)

1488 (58)

675 (47)

1423 (47)

Age

0.862

0.344

 < 0.001

0.002

  < 65

431 (72)

987 (72)

1410 (66)

2627 (64)

2507 (82)

1828 (71)

727 (51)

1685 (56)

  ≥ 65

170 (28)

382 (28)

736 (34)

1446 (36)

538 (18)

730 (29)

696 (49)

1316 (44)

Race

0.561

0.404

0.022

0.426

 White

532 (89)

1219 (89)

1831 (85)

3508 (86)

2677 (88)

2226 (87)

1183 (83)

2508 (84)

 Black

51 (8)

120 (9)

200 (9)

378 (9)

235 (8)

242 (9)

186 (13)

361 (12)

 Other or Unknown

18 (3)

30 (2)

115 (5)

187 (5)

133 (4)

90 (4)

54 (4)

132 (4)

Spanish/Hispanic Origin

0.538

0.403

 < 0.001

0.247

 Non-Spanish/Hispanic

573 (95)

1296 (95)

1917 (89)

3682 (90)

2741 (90)

2378 (93)

1307 (92)

2721 (91)

 Spanish/Hispanic

9 (1)

31 (2)

146 (7)

247 (6)

240 (8)

114 (4)

72 (5)

157 (5)

 Unknown

19 (3)

42 (3)

83 (4)

144 (4)

64 (2)

66 (3)

44 (3)

123 (4)

Insurance Status

0.574

0.393

 < 0.001

0.204

 Private

351 (58)

814 (59)

1213 (57)

2271 (56)

1922 (63)

1470 (58)

641 (45)

1428 (48)

 Medicare/Medicaid/Government

223 (37)

480 (35)

844 (39)

1600 (39)

902 (30)

968 (38)

723 (51)

1441 (48)

 None

21 (4)

52 (4)

58 (3)

143 (4)

188 (6)

88 (3)

38 (3)

97 (3)

 Unknown

6 (1)

23 (2)

31 (1)

59 (1)

33 (1)

32 (1)

21 (2)

35 (1)

Urbanicity

0.821

0.557

0.013

0.007

 Metropolitan

505 (84)

1136 (83)

1751 (82)

3334 (82)

2648 (87)

2150 (84)

1217 (86)

2466 (82)

 Urban

73 (12)

183 (13)

223 (10)

440 (11)

292 (10)

288 (11)

159 (11)

370 (12)

 Rural

8 (1)

14 (1)

25 (1)

54 (1)

34 (1)

43 (2)

15 (1)

49 (2)

 Unknown

15 (3)

36 (3)

147 (7)

245 (6)

71 (2)

77 (3)

32 (2)

116 (4)

Median Income (quartiles)

0.341

0.374

0.068

0.694

  < $40,227

86 (14)

177 (13)

317 (15)

541 (13)

366 (12)

329 (13)

213 (15)

427 (14)

 $40,227-$50,353

110 (18)

236 (17)

377 (18)

716 (18)

497 (16)

459 (18)

261 (18)

562 (19)

 $50,354-$53,332

107 (18)

288 (21)

420 (20)

864 (21)

654 (22)

513 (20)

305 (21)

658 (22)

  ≥ $63,333

215 (36)

506 (37)

803 (37)

1507 (37)

1186 (39)

934 (37)

498 (35)

1011 (34)

 Unknown

83 (14)

162 (12)

229 (11)

445 (11)

342 (11)

323 (13)

146 (10)

343 (11)

No High School Degree (quar.)

0.389

0.417

0.329

0.328

  ≥ 17.6%

93 (16)

184 (13)

352 (16)

686 (17)

473 (16)

370 (14)

220 (16)

472 (16)

 10.9%-17.5%

125 (21)

318 (23)

472 (22)

809 (20)

628 (21)

550 (22)

341 (24)

665 (22)

 6.3%-10.8%

142 (24)

347 (25)

543 (25)

1061 (26)

823 (27)

665 (26)

360 (25)

805 (27)

 < 6.3%

159 (27)

360 (26)

554 (26)

1076 (26)

784 (26)

653 (26)

361 (25)

721 (24)

 Unknown

82 (14)

160 (12)

225 (11)

441 (11)

337 (11)

320 (13)

141 (10)

338 (11)

Charlson-Deyo Score

0.066

0.332

 < 0.001

0.084

 0

485 (81)

1040 (76)

1751 (82)

3275 (80)

2632 (86)

2040 (80)

1075 (76)

2245 (75)

 1

87 (14)

242 (18)

309 (14)

604 (15)

303 (10)

381 (15)

226 (16)

540 (18)

  ≥ 2

29 (5)

87 (6)

86 (4)

194 (5)

110 (4)

137 (5)

122 (9)

216 (7)

Year of Diagnosis

0.298

0.437

 < 0.001

0.038

 2004–2010

90 (15)

181 (13)

651 (30)

1197 (29)

264 (9)

369 (14)

330 (30)

783 (26)

 2011–2017

511 (85)

1188 (87)

1495 (70)

2876 (71)

2781 (91)

2189 (86)

783 (70)

2218 (74)

Facility Type

0.088

0.146

 < 0.001

0.048

 Community

82 (14)

150 (11)

119 (6)

264 (7)

165 (5)

189 (7)

137 (10)

302 (10)

 Comprehensive Community

238 (40)

512 (37)

728 (34)

1317 (32)

821 (27)

858 (33)

630 (44)

1225 (41)

 Academic/Research

148 (25)

413 (30)

858 (40)

1705 (42)

505 (17)

735 (29)

379 (27)

909 (30)

 Integrated Network

96 (16)

203 (15)

249 (12)

472 (12)

305 (10)

271 (11)

202 (14)

385 (13)

 Unknown

37 (6)

91 (7)

192 (9)

315 (8)

1249 (41)

505 (20)

75 (5)

180 (6)

Facility Location

0.025

0.003

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Northeast

109 (18)

312 (23)

440 (21)

815 (20)

414 (14)

528 (21)

277 (20)

609 (20)

 Midwest

152 (25)

365 (27)

420 (20)

969 (24)

376 (12)

556 (22)

323 (23)

755 (25)

 South

202 (34)

431 (32)

753 (35)

1375 (34)

613 (20)

668 (26)

507 (36)

1102 (37)

 West

101 (17)

170 (12)

341 (16)

599 (15)

393 (13)

301 (12)

241 (17)

355 (12)

 Unknown

37 (6)

91 (7)

192 (9)

315 (8)

1249 (41)

505 (20)

75 (5)

180 (6)

AJCC Stage

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 1

140 (23)

204 (15)

189 (9)

308 (8)

2381 (78)

945 (37)

261 (18)

471 (16)

 2

376 (63)

861 (63)

633 (30)

1313 (32)

339 (11)

705 (28)

509 (36)

1064 (36)

 3

31 (5)

160 (12)

156 (7)

522 (13)

177 (6)

593 (23)

180 (13)

605 (20)

 4

50 (8)

142 (10)

1096 (51)

1871 (46)

145 (5)

313 (12)

320 (22)

757 (25)

 0

4 (1)

2 (< 1)

72 (3)

59 (1)

3 (< 1)

2 (< 1)

153 (11)

104 (3)

Grade

0.009

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Well Differentiated

147 (24)

283 (21)

820 (38)

1234 (30)

2028 (67)

1231 (48)

291 (20)

483 (16)

 Moderately Differentiated

87 (15)

229 (17)

553 (26)

1208 (30)

212 (7)

594 (23)

660 (46)

1508 (50)

 Poorly Differentiated

56 (9)

189 (14)

439 (20)

1089 (27)

163 (5)

438 (17)

292 (21)

760 (25)

 Unknown

311 (52)

668 (49)

334 (16)

542 (13)

642 (21)

295 (12)

180 (13)

250 (8)

Lymphovascular Invasion

0.098

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Absent

380 (63)

821 (60)

1016 (47)

1925 (47)

2160 (71)

1365 (53)

782 (55)

1505 (50)

 Present

100 (17)

285 (21)

244 (11)

706 (17)

275 (9)

615 (24)

237 (17)

676 (23)

 Unknown

121 (20)

263 (19)

886 (41)

1442 (35)

610 (20)

578 (23)

404 (28)

820 (27)

  1. P-values reflect chi-squared analyses assessing for equal distribution of the characteristic across type of operation for each histologic subtype
  2. Abbreviations: Appy Appendectomy, RHC Right hemicolectomy, AJCC American Joint Commission on Cancer, quar quartiles