Table 1 Clinical characteristics of included patients with primary bone tumors or bone infections

From: Deep learning models in classifying primary bone tumors and bone infections based on radiographs

Characteristics

Patients with PBTs (N = 1208)

Patients with bone infection (N = 784)

All patients (N = 1992)

P value

Age (year)

24.85 ± 18.18

45.65 ± 18.95

33.04 ± 21.09

<0.001*

Gender

   

0.1663

 Female

498 (41.23%)

298 (38.01%)

796 (39.96%)

 

 Male

710 (58.77%)

486 (61.99%)

1196 (60.04%)

 

Position

   

<0.001*

 Appendicular

1044 (86.42%)

314 (40.05%)

1358 (68.17%)

 

 Axial

164 (13.58%)

470 (59.95%)

634 (31.83%)

 

Pain

   

<0.001*

 Yes

857 (70.94%)

487 (62.12%)

1344 (67.47%)

 

 No

351 (29.06%)

51 (6.51%)

402 (20.18%)

 

 NA

0

246 (31.37%)

246 (18.30%)

 

Swelling

   

<0.001*

 Yes

538 (44.54%)

320 (40.82%)

858 (43.07%)

 

 No

662 (54.80%)

218 (27.81%)

880 (44.18%)

 

 NA

8 (0.66%)

246 (31.37%)

254 (12.75%)

 

Trauma

   

<0.001*

 Yes

173 (14.32%)

47 (5.99%)

220 (11.04%)

 

 No

858 (71.03%)

491 (62.64%)

1349 (67.72%)

 

 NA

177 (14.65%)

246 (31.37%)

423 (21.24%)

 

CRP

   

<0.001*

 Normal

655 (54.22%)

194 (24.74%)

849 (50.10%)

 

 Abnormal

440 (36.42%)

389 (49.62%)

829 (34.64%)

 

 NA

113 (9.36%)

201 (25.64%)

314 (15.76%)

 

ESR

   

0.0089*

 Normal

286 (23.68%)

53 (6.76%)

339 (26.27%)

 

 Abnormal

803 (66.47%)

536 (68.37%)

1339 (22.68%)

 

 NA

119 (9.85%)

195 (24.87%)

314 (51.05%)

 

ALP

   

0.0086*

 Normal

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 Abnormal

468 (38.74%)

391 (49.87%)

859 (43.12%)

 

 NA

740 (61.26%)

393 (50.13%)

1133 (56.88%)

 
  1. PBTs primary bone tumors, N number of patients, NA not appliable, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ALP alkaline phosphatase.
  2. Data in parentheses are percentages. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. *P values less than 0.05 are considered statistically significant.