Table 1 Characteristics of patients with GBC in SEER database.

From: The influence of marital status on survival of gallbladder cancer patients: a population-based study

Parameter

Characteristic

N

Married

Divorced/ Separated

Widowed

Single

χ2

P value

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Sex

 

Male

1959

1356(39.29)

160(23.32)

172(10.84)

271(29.98)

436.672

P < 0.001

Female

4668

2095(60.71)

526(76.68)

1414(89.16)

633(70.02)

  

Age

 

<60

1651

999(28.95)

225(32.80)

62(3.91)

365(40.38)

542.421

P < 0.001

≥60

4976

2452(71.05)

461(67.20)

1524(96.09)

539(59.62)

  

Race

 

White

5055

2661(77.11)

517(75.36)

1238(78.06)

639(70.69)

164.611

P < 0.001

Black

802

311(9.01)

119(17.35)

177(11.16)

195(21.57)

  

*Others

748

468(13.56)

49(7.14)

168(10.59)

63(6.97)

  

Unknow

22

11(0.32)

1(0.15)

3(0.19)

7(0.77)

  

Grade

 

Well differentiated

685

368(10.66)

60(8.75)

167(10.53)

90(9.96)

19.991

P = 0.067

Moderately differentiated

1982

1028(29.79)

198(28.86)

475(29.95)

281(31.08)

  

Poorly differentiated

1853

995(28.83)

190(27.70)

409(25.79)

259(28.65)

  

Undifferentiated

122

76(2.20)

12(1.75)

22(1.39)

12(1.33)

  

Unkown

1985

984(28.52)

226(32.94)

513(32.34)

262(28.98)

  

Histologic type

 

Adenomas adenocarcinomas

5388

2850(82.58)

552(80.47)

1263(79.63)

723(79.98)

63.583

P < 0.001

Epithelial neoplasms

435

217(6.29)

42(6.12)

115(7.25)

61(6.75)

  

Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms

371

189(5.48)

41(5.98)

82(5.17)

59(6.52)

  

Unspecified neoplasms

151

46(1.33)

27(3.93)

67(4.23)

11(1.22)

  

#Others

282

149(4.32)

24(3.50)

59(3.72)

50(5.53)

  

AJCC Stage

 

I

1755

890(25.79)

165(24.05)

465(29.32)

235(26.00)

50.702

P < 0.001

II

1872

984(28.51)

185(26.97)

445(28.06)

258(28.54)

  

III

173

93(2.70)

23(3.35)

34(2.14)

23(2.54)

  

IV

2351

1283(37.18)

265(38.63)

486(30.64)

317(35.07)

  

UNK Stage

476

201(5.82)

48(7.00)

156(9.84)

71(7.85)

  

SEER Stage

 

Localized

2133

1049(30.40)

199(29.01)

594(37.45)

291(32.19)

67.165

P < 0.001

Regional

1584

857(24.83)

161(23.47)

341(21.50)

225(24.89)

  

Distant

2675

1456(42.19)

296(43.15)

563(35.50)

360(39.82)

  

UNK Stage

235

89(2.58)

30(4.37)

88(5.55)

28(3.10)

  
  1. *Other includes American Indian/AK Native, Asian/Pacific Islander.
  2. #Other includes squamous cell carcinoma/complex epithelial neoplasms/complex mixed and stromal neoplasms.
  3. /ductal and lobular neoplasms.