Research Article
Clinical and Biological Correlates of Preoperative Cognitive Functioning of Glioma and Meningioma Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of the study sample by tumor diagnosis.
| | I-II grade glioma | III-IV grade glioma | Meningioma | | Total | | Mean (SD) or (%) |
| | Gender | Male | 14 (56.0) | 27 (41.5) | 25 (28.7) | 0.03 | 66 (37.3) | | Female | 11 (44.0) | 38 (58.5) | 62 (71.3) | | 111 (62.7) |
| | Age in years | | 38.5 (11.2) | 55.1 (13.5) | 63.1 (11.3) | <0.01 | 56.7 (14.6) |
| | Marital status | Living alone | 4 (16.0) | 16 (24.6) | 35 (40.2) | 0.03 | 55 (31.1) | | With partner | 21 (84.0) | 49 (75.4) | 52 (59.8) | | 122 (68.9) |
| | Education | <=12 years | 7 (28.0) | 23 (35.4) | 37 (42.5) | 0.37 | 67 (37.9) | | >12 years | 18 (72.0) | 42 (64.6) | 50 (57.5) | | 110 (62.1) |
| | Cardiovascular disease | No | 23 (92.0) | 51 (78.5) | 58 (66.7) | 0.03 | 132 (74.6) | | Yes | 2 (8.0) | 14 (21.5) | 29 (33.3) | | 45 (25.4) |
| | Functional status (KPI score) | | 88.4 (10.43) | 79.2 (16.3) | 86.4 (10.7) | <0.01 | 84.1 (13.5) |
| | Tumor side | Right | 14 (56.0) | 28 (43.1) | 35 (40.2) | 0.08 | 77 (43.5) | | Left | 11 (44.0) | 31 (47.7) | 35 (40.2) | | 77 (43.5) | | Bifrontal | 0 (0.0) | 6(9.2) | 17 (19.5) | | 23 (13.0) |
| | Tumor location | Frontal and/or temporal lobes | 20 (80.0) | 50 (76.9) | 66 (75.9) | 0.91 | 136 (76.8) | | Other | 5 (20.0) | 15 (23.1) | 21 (24.1) | 0.35 | 41 (23.2) |
| | hsCRP | | 1.5 (1.6) ml/l | 2.5 (5.5) ml/l | 4.0 (11.6) ml/l | | 3.1 (8.8) ml/l |
| | NT-proBNP | | 60.6 (83.0) nl/l | 157.9 (222.4) nl/l | 328.0 (717.8) nl/l | <0.01 | 227.7 (530.6) nl/l |
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