Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients.
Characteristic | Group | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Training set, N = 213 | Internal testing set, N = 91 | External testing set, N = 97 | ||
Age(mean ± SD, years) | 62.2 ± 9.1 | 62.5 ± 8.0 | 62.2 ± 11.8 | 0.952 |
Gender | 0.361 | |||
Male | 201 (94.4%) | 89 (97.8%) | 94 (96.9%) | |
Female | 12 (5.6%) | 2 (2.2%) | 3 (3.1%) | |
Smoking | 0.448 | |||
Yes | 189 (88.7%) | 84 (92.3%) | 84 (86.6%) | |
No | 24 (11.3%) | 7 (7.7%) | 13 (13.4%) | |
Drinking | 0.226 | |||
Yes | 138 (64.8%) | 66 (72.5%) | 59 (60.8%) | |
No | 75 (35.2%) | 25 (27.5%) | 38 (39.2%) | |
Tumor site | 0.854 | |||
Supraglottis | 41 (19.2%) | 20 (22.0%) | 15 (15.5%) | |
Glottis | 169 (79.3%) | 70 (76.9%) | 81 (83.5%) | |
Subglottis | 3 (1.4%) | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | |
Differentiation | 0.255 | |||
Poor | 32 (15.0%) | 7 (7.7%) | 17 (17.5%) | |
Moderate | 89 (41.8%) | 47 (51.6%) | 42 (43.3%) | |
Well | 92 (43.2%) | 37 (40.7%) | 38 (39.2%) | |
Clinic T stage | 0.733 | |||
T1–T2 | 98 (46.0%) | 41 (45.1%) | 40 (41.2%) | |
T3–T4 | 115 (54.0%) | 50 (54.9%) | 57 (58.8%) | |
Clinic N stage | 0.910 | |||
N0 | 186 (87.3%) | 79 (86.8%) | 82 (84.5%) | |
N1 | 8 (3.8%) | 4 (4.4%) | 3 (3.1%) | |
N2 | 13 (6.1%) | 6 (6.6%) | 10 (10.3%) | |
N3 | 6 (2.8%) | 2 (2.2%) | 2 (2.1%) | |
Clinic TNM stage | 0.630 | |||
I | 47 (22.1%) | 15 (16.5%) | 18 (18.6%) | |
II | 43 (20.2%) | 23 (25.3%) | 17 (17.5%) | |
III | 89 (41.8%) | 38 (41.8%) | 40 (41.2%) | |
IV | 34 (16.0%) | 15 (16.5%) | 22 (22.7%) | |
Pathological TNM stage | 0.399 | |||
I–II | 115 (54.0%) | 44 (48.4%) | 45 (46.4%) | |
III–IV | 98 (46.0%) | 47 (51.6%) | 52 (53.6%) | |