Comparison of patient-reported quality of life outcome questionnaire response rates between patients treated surgically for renal cell carcinoma and prostate carcinoma

Table 1 Association of patient and surgical characteristics in n = 201 RCC patients non-response versus response to QoL collected at one- or two-year follow-up

Variable^a	Non-responder (n = 105)	Responder (n = 96)	P-value^b
Age at surgery	65.2 (24.0, 87.5)	67.3 (35.3, 92.1)	0.48
Sex, male	75 (71 %)	62 (65 %)	0.36
Surgery type
Partial	37 (35 %)	44 (46 %)	0.15
Radical	68 (65 %)	52 (54 %)
Surgery type			0.88
Open	33 (31 %)	29 (30 %)
LAP	72 (69 %)	67 (70 %)
T stage			0.14
pT1	69 (68 %)	74 (79 %)
pT2	9 (9 %)	8 (9 %)
pT3, pT4	24 (24 %)	12 (13 %)
Nuclear grade			0.098
1	4 (4 %)	9 (10 %)
2	62 (60 %)	59 (63 %)
3-4	37 (36 %)	26 (28 %)

^aMedian [Minimum, Maximum] is given for continuous measures, and N (%) for categorical measures
^bP-values for age at surgery and nuclear grade are based on Wilcoxon Rank Sum test. P-values given for Sex, Radical/partial surgical type, Open/LAP surgical type, and T-stage are based on Fisher’s Exact test
RCC = renal cell carcinomaQoL = quality of life
LAP = Laparoscopic

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