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Table 1 Patient and tumour characteristics (n and %)

From: Validation and reliability of the Dutch version of the EORTC QLQ-BLM30 module for assessing the health-related quality of life of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer

 

All patients (n = 650)

Sociodemographic characteristics (at baseline)

 Gender, no. Male

505

77.7%

 Age, mean yr (SD)

72.9

9.8

Age

  < 60

65

10.0%

 60- < 70

151

23.2%

 70- < 80

265

40.8%

  > =80

169

26.0%

Comorbidity (CCI)

 0

280

43.1%

 1

186

28.6%

 ≥ 2

149

22.9%

 Unknown

35

5.4%

BMI

  < 23

139

21.4%

 23- < 31

445

68.5%

  ≥ 31

66

10.2%

SES

 Low

152

23.4%

 Medium

261

40.2%

 High

205

31.5%

 Unknown

32

4.9%

Living situation

 With partner

496

76.3%

 Without partner

145

22.3%

 Else

9

1.4%

Education

 Primary school

92

14.2%

 High school

151

23.2%

 Secondary vocational education

262

40.3%

 Higher professional education

142

21.8%

 Unknown

3

0.5%

Employment status

 Paid Job

97

14.9%

 No paid job

552

84.9%

 Unknown

1

0.2%

Smoking status (at baseline)

 Never

109

16.8%

 Former

421

64.8%

 Current

144

22.2%

 Unknown

6

0.9%

Alcohol use

 Current

471

72.5%

 Previous

64

9.8%

 Never

109

16.8%

 Unknown

6

0.9%

Clinical characteristics

 Histology

  Urothelial carcinoma

606

93.2%

  Other

44

6.8%

 Clinical tumour stage

  cT2, cN0

430

66.2%

  cT3, cN0

119

18.3%

  cT4a, cN0

22

3.4%

  any T, cN1–2

79

12.2%

 Treatment

  No treatment

91

14.0%

  Cystectomy with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

107

16.5%

  Cystectomy alone

214

32.9%

  Bladder sparing treatment (chemoradiation, brachytherapy)

104

16.0%

  External beam radiotherapy

112

17.2%

  Systemic treatment

22

3.4%

Urinary diversiona

  Neobladder

21

6.5%

  Bricker

296

92.2%

  Ureterocutaneous anastomy

2

0.6%

  Unknown

2

0.6%

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, SES Socio-economic status
  2. a Based on the patients treated with a radical cystectomy (n = 321)