Table 5 Overall survival rates and univariate analysis of patients with NB according to clinicopathologic factors
From: Vascular endothelial growth factor in children with neuroblastoma: a retrospective analysis
Variable | Number of patients | Overall survival rates | Log-rank Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
boys | 35 | 68.6% | P = 0.4497 |
girls | 21 | 57.1% | |
Age | |||
≤ 18 months | 20 | 90% | P = 0.0069 |
> 18 months | 36 | 50% | |
Stage | |||
high | 37 | 50.0% | P = 0.0006 |
low | 18 | 94.4% | |
Histology | |||
favourable | 23 | 95.7% | P < 0.0001 |
unfavourable | 33 | 42.4% | |
VEGF expression | |||
high | 44 | 54.5% | P = 0.0053 |
low | 12 | 100.0% | |
Risk group | |||
high* | 34 | 44.1% | P < 0.0001 |
low** | 22 | 95.5% |