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Chapter 2
Appendix 3 Continued
Intended treatment Number of participants (%)
P value
Intended and received treatment
Number of participants (%)
P
value
Surgery (n = 150)
RT
(n = 150)
Surgery (n = 66)
RT (n= 126)
Surgery and received surgery + (C)RT
(n = 78)
Bothersome No
appearance
Unknown 49
NB: Not all percentages sum up exactly to 100% due
95 (94) Yes 6 (6)
103 (92) 9 (8)
38
92 (81) 22 (19) 36
.551
.129
40 (91) 4 (9) 22
40 (89) 5 (11) 21
86 (94) 6 (7) 34
78 (83) 16 (17) 32
51 (96) .279 2 (4)
25
46 (87) .752 7 (13)
25
Altered taste No
Yes 12 (12)
90 (88) Unknown 48
to rounding.
Appendix 4 Baseline characteristics of early-stage participants with EORTC-QLQ-H&N35 data available at 12-month follow-up. P values shown for comparisons between groups. Percentages and statistical tests for available cases only. aChi-square test, bindependent samples t-test.
Intended treatment
Number of participants (%)
P value
Intended and received treatment Number of participants (%)
P value
Surgery (n = 83)
RT
(n = 80)
Surgery (n = 34)
RT
(n = 68)
Gender Male Female
Age at diagnosis (years)
60 (72) 23 (28)
59 (10)
13 (17)
20 (26) 14 (18) 9 (12) 20 (26)
7
14 (21) 39 (57) 15 (22) 15
16 (23) 17 (24) 30 (43) 7 (10) 13
60 (25) 20 (75)
64 (10)
7 (10)
15 (20) 24 (32) 16 (22) 12 (16)
6
16 (24) 43 (64) 8 (12) 13
20 (28) 19 (27) 21 (30) 11 (16) 9
.695a
.003b
.059a
.294a
.388a
24 (71) 10 (29)
60 (10)
5 (15)
9 (27) 5 (15) 6 (18) 8 (24)
1
9 (27) 16 (47) 5 (15) 4
8 (26) 4 (13) 13 (42) 6 (19) 3
50 (74) 18 (27)
64 (10)
6 (9)
14 (21) 20 (29) 13 (19) 10 (15)
5
14 (26) 33 (60) 8 (15) 13
18 (30) 17 (28) 17 (28) 8 (14) 8
.754a
.045b
.407a
.208a
.277a
Mean (SD)
Deprivation index
Smoking
Alcohol
1 (most deprived)
2
3
4
5 (most affluent)
Unknown
Never used Former user Current user Unknown
Non-drinker Moderate Hazardous Harmful Unknown
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