Table 1 The base-line characteristics of the patients with and without temporal lobe injury (TLI).

From: LASSO-based NTCP model for radiation-induced temporal lobe injury developing after intensity-modulated radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Characteristic

Group without TLI n = 115 (%)

Group with TLI n = 17 (%)

P-value

Age (years)

  

0.15

 Median

46

50

 

 Range

12–77

35–65

 

Gender

  

1.0

 Men

83 (72.2)

13 (76.5)

 

 Women

32 (27.8)

4 (23.5)

 

Stage

  

0.04

 I-II

34 (29.6)

1 (5.9)

 

 III- IVa-b

81 (70.4)

16 (94.1)

 

T category

  

0.002

 T1-2

51 (44.4)

1 (5.9)

 

 T3-4

64 (55.7)

16 (94.1)

 

Chemotherapy

  

1.0

 Yes

98 (85.2)

15 (88.2)

 

 No

17 (14.8)

2 (11.8)