Table 1 Patient Characteristics of the cohorts from 2019 and 2020.

From: Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the survival of patients with high-grade glioma and best practice recommendations

 

Treatment year

P

Total (n = 251)

2019 (n = 132)

2020 (n = 119)

Age in years, mean ± SD

61.3 ± 12.8

61.0 ± 11.8

61.6 ± 13.3

.732

Median (range)

61 (18–88)

61 (18–88)

63 (21–87)

Gender

Female

105

52

53

.409

41.8%

39.4%

44.5%

Male

146

80

66

58.2%

60.6%

55.5%

Entity

Anaplastic astrocytoma

9

1

8

.260

3.6%

0.8%

6.7%

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

17

9

8

6.8%

6.8%

6.7%

Glioblastoma

217

118

99

86.4%

89.4%

83.2%

Gliosarcoma

2

1

1

0.8%

0.8%

0.8%

Medulloblastoma

2

1

1

0.8%

0.8%

0.8%

Other

4

2

2

1.6%

1.5%

1.6%

WHO

3

26

10

16

.128

10.4%

7.6%

13.4%

4

225

122

103

89.6%

92.4%

86.6%

IDH mutation

Mutated

28

13

15

.489

11.2%

9.8%

12.6%

Wildtype

221

118

103

88.0%

89.4%

86.6%

Unknown

2

1

1

0.8%

0.8%

0.8%

MGMT promotor

Negative

123

65

58

.537

49.0%

49.2%

48.7%

Positive

124

66

58

49.4%

50.0%

48.7%

Unknown

4

1

3

1.6%

0.8%

2.6%

1p19q codeletion

Co-deleted

17

8

9

.455

6.8%

6.1%

7.6%

Non-co-deleted

61

28

33

24.3%

21.2%

27.7%

Unknown

173

96

77

68.9%

72.7%

64.7%

  1. WHO—World Health Organization; IDH—isocitrate dehydrogenase; MGMT—O6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase; KPS—Karnofsky Performance Status Scale. n = number; SD—standard deviation.