Table 4 Univariate analysis of sex, age, Breslow thickness, number of positive lymph nodes and S‒classification
From: SLN melanoma micrometastasis predictivity of nodal status: a long term retrospective study
Disease-negative CLND (n=15) | Disease-positive CLND (n=15) | univivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | P value | |
SEX | |||||
male | 39 | 60% | 7 | 47% | 0.346 |
female | 26 | 40% | 8 | 53% | |
AGE | |||||
Mean ±SD | 48.5±16.3 | 47.9±11.9 | 0.880 | ||
Range | 20–83 | 30–67 | |||
BRESLOW THICKNESS | |||||
Mean ±SD | 2.8±1.2 | 2.7±1.4 | 0.744 | ||
Range | 1.0–6.0 | 0.4–4.1 | |||
N of positive SLN | |||||
1 | 46 | 71% | 13 | 87% | 0.207 |
>1 | 19 | 29% | 2 | 13% | |
STARZ CLASSIFICATION | |||||
S1 | 40 | 61% | 0 | 0% | 0.0001 |
S2 | 9 | 14% | 9 | 40% | |
S3 | 16 | 25% | 6 | 60% | |