Table 1 Distribution of clinical and pathological patient characteristics among the included studies
Parameters | Sievers et al. [37] | Wang et al. [46] | Driver et al. [6] | Khan et al. [16] | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 0.45 | ||||
Female | 350/528 | 698/1059 (65.9%) | 353/527 (67.0%) | NA (only available among those with CDKN2A/B deletions) | |
Male | (66.28%) | 391/1059 (36.9%) | 174/527 (33.0%) | ||
178/528 (33.71%) | |||||
Age (in years) | 58.5 (median) (IQR: 48.0–67.0) | NA | 57 (mean) (range: 9–90) | NA (only available among those with CDKN2A/B deletions) | |
Extent of resection | NA (only available among those with CDKN2A/B deletions) | 0.013 | |||
GTR | NA | 418/588 (71.1%) | 338/527 (64.1%) | ||
STR | NA | 170/588 (28.9%) | 189/527 (35.9%) | ||
Location | |||||
Skull base | 95/528 (18.0%) | NA | NA | NA | |
Convexity | 308/528 (58.3%) | ||||
Posterior fossa | 38/528 (7.2%) | ||||
Spinal | |||||
Supratentorial | 27/528 (5.1%) | ||||
NA | 34/528 (6.4%) | ||||
24/528 (4.6%) | |||||
TERT promoter mutation | 6/293 (2.05%) | NA | 6/244 (2.46%) | NA (only available among those with CDKN2A/B deletions) | 0.75 |