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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with PPM

From: Echocardiographic characteristics of primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma and outcomes analysis: a retrospective study

Parameters

All (n = 64)

Group based on sex

Group based on publishing year

Male (n = 40)

Female (n = 24)

P

1981 to 2000 (n = 22)

2001 to 2015 (n = 42)

P

Female

24 (37.5%)

NA

NA

NA

4 (18.2%)

20 (47.6%)

0.03*

Age (yrs.)

39.5 ± 15.5

38.2 ± 16.4

41.5 ± 13.8

0.41

40.6 ± 16.4

38.9 ± 15.1

0.83

Anatomical type

n = 58

n = 37

n = 21

0.40

n = 21

n = 37

0.38

 Diffuse

40 (69.0%)

24 (64.9%)

16 (76.2%)

 

13 (61.9%)

27 (73.0%)

 

 Localized

18 (31.0%)

13(35.1%)

5 (23.8%)

 

8 (38.1%)

10 (27.0%)

 

Histopathological type

n = 28

n = 20

n = 8

0.40

n = 7

n = 21

0.97

 Epithelioid

15 (53.6%)

8 (40.0%)

7 (87.8%)

 

4 (57.1%)

11 (52.4%)

 

 Sarcomatous

4 (14.3%)

4 (20.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

1 (14.3%)

3 (7.1%)

 

 Mixed

9 (32.1%)

8 (40.0%)

1 (12.5%)

 

2 (28.6%)

7 (16.7%)

 

Complications

n = 51

n = 31

n = 20

 

n = 18

n = 33

 

 Tamponade

19 (37.3%)

11 (35.5%)

8 (40.0%)

0.77

9 (50.0%)

10 (30.3%)

0.23

 Constriction

14 (27.5%)

9 (29.0%)

5 (25.0%)

0.75

6 (33.3%)

8 (24.2%)

0.71

Pleural effusion

n = 38

n = 23

n = 15

 

n = 11

n = 27

0.76

 Left

9 (23.7%)

7 (30.4%)

2 (13.3%)

 

3 (27.3%)

6 (22.2%)

 

 Right

3 (7.9%)

0

3 (20.0%)

 

0 (0%)

3 (11.1%)

 

 Bilateral

21 (55.3%)

13 (56.5%)

8 (53.3%)

 

6 (54.5%)

15 (55.6%)

 

 None

5 (13.2%)

3 (13.0%)

2 (13.3%)

 

2 (18.2%)

3 (11.1%)

 
  1. HR heart rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, NA not applicable
  2. *indicates P < 0.05 between male and female patients