Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients before and after PSM.

From: The impact of radiotherapy on the prognosis of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma after surgery

Variable

Before propensity score matching

After propensity score matching

Without radiation (1538)

With radiation (538)

P

Without radiation (300)

With radiation (300)

P

Age (%)

0.002

  

0.741

 < 60

612 (39.8)

256 (47.6)

 

129 (43.0)

124 (41.3)

 

 ≥ 60

926 (60.2)

282 (52.4)

 

171 (57.0)

176 (58.7)

 

Sex (%)

0.193

  

0.465

 Male

1070 (69.6)

391 (72.7)

 

222 (74.0)

213 (71.0)

 

 Female

468 (30.4)

147 (27.3)

 

78 (26.0)

87 (29.0)

 

Race (%)

0.053

  

0.754

 White

1325 (86.2)

481 (89.4)

 

267 (89.0)

175 (10.3)

 

 Black

84 ( 5.5)

16 ( 3.0)

 

15 ( 5.0)

12 ( 4.0)

 

 Other

129 ( 8.4)

41 ( 7.6)

 

18 ( 6.0)

21 ( 7.0)

 

Marital status (%)

0.098

  

0.383

 Married

1016 (66.1)

377 (70.1)

 

197 (65.7)

208 (69.3)

 

 Single/Unknown

522 (33.9)

161 (29.9)

 

103 (34.3)

92 (30.7)

 

Size (%)

< 0.001

  

0.396

 < 7 cm

381 (24.8)

190 (35.3)

 

103 (34.3)

114 (38.0)

 

 ≥ 7 cm

1157 (75.2)

348 (64.7)

 

197 (65.7)

186 (62.0)

 

Grade (%)

0.117

  

0.439

 Grade I/II

312 (20.3)

111 (20.6)

 

53 (17.7)

62 (20.7)

 

 Grade III

597 (38.8)

205 (38.1)

 

121 (40.3)

102 (34.0)

 

 Grade IV

466 (30.3)

146 (27.1)

 

87 (29.0)

94 (31.3)

 

 Unknown

163 (10.6)

76 (14.1)

 

39 (13.0)

42 (14.0)

 

T (%)

0.001

  

0.684

 T1

203 (13.2)

103 (19.1)

 

58 (19.3)

65 (21.7)

 

 T2

208 (13.5)

85 (15.8)

 

44 (14.7)

37 (12.3)

 

 T3

971 (63.1)

311 (57.8)

 

182 (60.7)

178 (59.3)

 

 T4

156 (10.1)

39 ( 7.2)

 

16 ( 5.3)

20 ( 6.7)

 

N (%)

0.103

  

0.836

 N0

1211 (78.7)

442 (82.2)

 

244 (81.3)

241 (80.3)

 

 N1

327 (21.3)

96 (17.8)

 

56 (18.7)

59 (19.7)

 

Chemotherapy (%)

< 0.001

  

0.869

 No/Unknown

778 (50.6)

199 (37.0)

 

125 (41.7)

128 (42.7)

 

 Yes

760 (49.4)

339 (63.0)

 

175 (58.3)

172 (57.3)

 

Lung metastasis(%)

< 0.001

  

0.870

 No/Unknown

538 (35.0)

323 (60.0)

 

159 (53.0)

1219 (71.6)

 

 Yes

1000 (65.0)

215 (40.0)

 

141 (47.0)

144 (48.0)

 

Liver metastasis(%)

< 0.001

  

0.615

 No/Unknown

1364 (88.7)

512 (95.2)

 

283 (94.3)

279 (93.0)

 

 Yes

174 (11.3)

26 ( 4.8)

 

17 ( 5.7)

21 ( 7.0)

 

Bone metastasis(%)

< 0.001

  

0.594

 No/Unknown

1292 (84.0)

166 (30.9)

 

87 (29.0)

94 (31.3)

 

 Yes

246 (16.0)

372 (69.1)

 

213 (71.0)

206 (68.7)

 

Brain metastasis(%)

< 0.001

  

0.483

 No/Unknown

1512 (98.3)

411 (76.4)

 

275 (91.7)

269 (89.7)

 

 Yes

26 ( 1.7)

127 (23.6)

 

25 ( 8.3)

31 (10.3)