Table 1 Characteristics of glioma patients according to TA and hTERT transcript
Characteristics | n patients (%) | TA, n patients (%) | P | hTERT, n patients (%) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 96 | Positive 67 (69.8) | Negative 29 (30.2) | hTERT +β 65 (67.7) | hTERT -β 31 (32.3) | |||
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | Â | 1 |
 Male | 51 (53.1) | 36 (70.6) | 15 (29.4) |  | 35 (68.6) | 16 (31.4) |  |
 female | 45 (46.9) | 31 (68.9) | 14 (31.1) |  | 30 (66.7) | 15 (33.3) |  |
Age | Â | Â | Â | 0.007* | Â | Â | 0.029* |
 <50 | 52 (54.2) | 30 (57.7) | 22 (42.3) |  | 30 (57.7) | 22 (42.3) |  |
  ≥ 50 | 44 (45.8) | 37 (84.1) | 7 (15.9) |  | 35 (79.5) | 9 (20.5) |  |
KPS | Â | Â | Â | 0.012* | Â | Â | 0.015* |
 <75 | 57 (59.4) | 34 (59.6) | 23 (40.4) |  | 33 (57.9) | 24 (42.1) |  |
  ≥ 75 | 39 (40.6) | 33 (84.6) | 6 (15.4) |  | 32 (82.1) | 7 (17.9) |  |
Tumor size (cm) | Â | Â | Â | 0.008* | Â | Â | 0.002* |
 <6 | 49 (51) | 28 (57.1) | 21 (42.9) |  | 26 (53.1) | 23 (46.9) |  |
  ≥ 6 | 47 (49) | 39 (83) | 8 (17) |  | 39 (83) | 8 (17) |  |
Histopathology and WHO grade | Â | Â | Â | 0.001* | Â | Â | 0.001* |
 GBMs (IV) | 38 (39.6) | 34 (89.5) | 4 (10.5) |  | 33 (86.8) | 5 (13.2) |  |
 ODMs (III) | 23 (24) | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) |  | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) |  |
 OAMs (III, II) | 35 (36.4) | 16 (45.7) | 19 (54.2) |  | 15 (42.9) | 20 (57.1) |  |
Extent of resection | Â | Â | Â | 0.082 | Â | Â | 0.334 |
 GTR | 71 (74) | 46 (64.8) | 25 (35.2) |  | 46 (64.8) | 25 (35.2) |  |
 STR | 25 (26) | 21 (84) | 4 (16) |  | 19 (76) | 6 (24) |  |