Table 1 Characteristics of the 115 uterine cancer patients.

From: Promoter-level transcriptome in primary lesions of endometrial cancer identified biomarkers associated with lymph node metastasis

Characteristics

n = 115

%

Age mean (range)

56 (31–85)

—

Gravida median (range)

1 (0–5)

—

Parity median (range)

0 (0–4)

—

Menopause

64

55.7

Body mass index (BMI)> 30

19

16.5

Diabetes mellitus

17

14.8

Hypertension

23

20.0

Currently smoker

10

8.7

History of breast cancer

11

9.6

History of other adenocarcinoma

8

7.0

Histologic typea

Endometrioid

104

90.4

Nonendometrioid

11

9.6

FIGO stageb

  I

84

73.0

  II

6

5.2

  III

17

14.8

  IV

8

0.0

Histologic differentiation

  Grade 1

77

67.0

  Grade 2

29

25,2

  Grade 3

9

7.8

Lymph node metastasis

  Negative

97

84.3

  Positive

18

15.7

  1. NOTE: Patients with sarcomatoid histology or those treated with NAC (neoadjuvant chemotherapy) were excluded. aNonendometrioid: 4 clear cell, 2 serous, 2 mixed epithelial tumors (1 endometrioid and clear cell, 1 endometrioid and serous), 1 small cell, 1 adenosquamous cancer, 1 clear cell and serous. bPatients diagnosed using the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) 1988 classification were re-classified according to the FIGO 2008 classification.
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