Research Article

Efficacy of Surgery in Patients with Stage I Primary Parotid Gland Lymphoma: A Population-Based Study

Table 1

Comparison of baseline data.

CharacteristicsLevelOverallNo surgerySurgery
N = 918N = 262 (28.5)N = 656 (71.5)

Age (%)≤65491 (53.5)125 (25.5)366 (74.5)0.032
>65427 (46.5)137 (32.1)290 (67.9)

Sex (%)Female564 (61.4)166 (29.4)398 (70.6)0.496
Male354 (38.6)96 (27.1)258 (72.9)

Race (%)White774 (84.3)220 (28.4)554 (71.6)0.545
Black82 (8.9)21 (25.6)61 (74.4)
Other62 (6.8)21 (33.9)41 (66.1)

Marital status (%)No married377 (41.1)122 (32.4)255 (67.6)0.039
Married541 (58.9)140 (25.9)401 (74.1)

Year of diagnosis (%)1998–2003270 (29.4)55 (20.4)215 (79.6)<0.001
2004–2009322 (35.1)91 (28.3)231 (71.7)
2010–2015326 (35.5)116 (35.6)210 (64.4)

Histology (%)MALT427 (46.5)97 (22.7)330 (77.3)<0.001
DLBCL156 (17.0)66 (42.3)90 (57.7)
FL194 (21.1)43 (22.2)151 (77.8)
Other141 (15.4)56 (39.7)85 (60.3)

Laterality (%)Right443 (48.3)116 (26.2)327 (73.8)0.030
Left456 (49.7)136 (29.8)320 (70.2)
Bilateral19 (2.1)10 (52.6)9 (47.4)

Radiation (%)No482 (52.5)144 (29.9)338 (70.1)0.385
Yes436 (47.5)118 (27.1)318 (72.9)

Chemotherapy (%)No637 (69.4)162 (25.4)475 (74.6)0.002
Yes281 (30.6)100 (35.6)181 (64.4)

MALT: mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue, DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and FL: follicular lymphoma.