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Table 1 Patient characteristics for the overall study population

From: Sex-related differences in serum biomarker levels predict the activity and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer patients

All patients

 

Male (N = 98)

Female (N = 63)

Total (N = 161)

p value

Age

Median (Q1, Q3)

72.0 (63.2, 77.0)

67.0 (60.0, 74.5)

71.0 (62.0, 77.0)

0.1590

Diagnosis

NSCLC

45 (45.9%)

24 (38.1%)

69 (42.9%)

0.3280

 

Melanoma

53 (54.1%)

39 (61.9%)

92 (57.1%)

 

ECOG Performance Status

N-Miss

0

1

1

 
 

0

52 (53.1%)

33 (53.2%)

85 (53.1%)

0.9400

 

1

40 (40.8%)

26 (41.9%)

66 (41.2%)

 
 

2

6 (6.1%)

3 (4.8%)

9 (5.6%)

 

Prior systemic treatment

N-Miss

0

1

1

 
 

No

84 (85.7%)

51 (82.3%)

135 (84.4%)

0.5570

 

Yes

14 (14.3%)

11 (17.7%)

25 (15.6%)

 

Current stage

N-Miss

2

0

2

 
 

III

11 (11.5%)

7 (11.1%)

18 (11.3%)

0.9460

 

IV

85 (88.5%)

56 (88.9%)

141 (88.7%)

 

Treatment

Nivolumab

46 (46.9%)

33 (52.4%)

79 (49.1%)

0.4670

 

Pembrolizumab

30 (30.6%)

22 (34.9%)

52 (32.3%)

 
 

Atezolizumab

4 (4.1%)

2 (3.2%)

6 (3.7%)

 
 

Chemo-immuno

18 (18.4%)

6 (9.5%)

24 (14.9%)

 

RECIST

CR

8 (8.2%)

4 (6.3%)

12 (7.5%)

0.3010

 

PR

34 (34.7%)

14 (22.2%)

48 (29.8%)

 
 

SD

21 (21.4%)

19 (30.2%)

40 (24.8%)

 
 

PD

35 (35.7%)

26 (41.3%)

61 (37.9%)

 

Progression of disease

No

33 (33.7%)

18 (28.6%)

51 (31.7%)

0.4970

 

Yes

65 (66.3%)

45 (71.4%)

110 (68.3%)

 

Progression free survival (months)

Median (95%CI)

7.6 (6.1,12.5)

8.1 (3.3,10.6)

8.1 (6.1,9.8)

0.9826

Status

Alive

41 (41.8%)

28 (44.4%)

69 (42.9%)

0.7440

 

Death

57 (58.2%)

35 (55.6%)

92 (57.1%)

 

Overall survival (months)

Median (95%CI)

13.9 (9.9,23.5)

18.9 (9.5,22.6)

16.7 (11.4,21.6)

0.6118

Follow-up

Median (Q1, Q3)

23.1 (17.4,29.4)

21.8 (16.8,27.6)

23.0 (17.4,27.8)

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