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Table 1 Baseline demographics and disease history

From: Health resource utilization associated with skeletal-related events in patients with advanced breast cancer: results from a prospective, multinational observational study

Characteristic

Germany (n = 85)

Italy (n = 62)

Spain (n = 31)

UK (n = 45)

Follow-up time, months, mean (SD)

10.3 (5.4)

8.6 (4.8)

7.1 (5.2)

7.4 (5.5)

Female, n (%)

84 (98.8)

61 (98.4)

28 (90.3)

45 (100.0)

Ethnic group, n (%)

    

  White or Caucasian

85 (100.0)

61 (98.4)

30 (96.8)

44 (97.8)

  Othera

0 (0.0)

1 (1.6)

1 (3.2)

1 (2.2)

Age, years, median (range)

62.0 (40, 81)

60.0 (36, 83)

56.0 (38, 79)

58.0 (32, 92)

   ≥ 65 years, n (%)

34 (40.0)

21 (33.9)

11 (35.5)

17 (37.8)

ECOG performance status, n (%)

    

  0

27 (31.8)

18 (29.0)

6 (19.4)

14 (31.1)

  1

41 (48.2)

31 (50.0)

12 (38.7)

21 (46.7)

  2

17 (20.0)

13 (21.0)

13 (41.9)

10 (22.2)

History of SREsbn (%)

53 (62.4)

34 (54.8)

20 (64.5)

21 (46.7)

Time since primary cancer diagnosis, months, median (Q1, Q3)

70.8 (22.9, 132.2)

39.0 (8.7, 99.1)

62.7 (27.5, 138.4)

72.2 (33.3, 118.0)

Time since bone metastasis diagnosis, months, median (Q1, Q3)

4.4 (1.8, 22.9)

4.1 (1.8, 13.3)

4.9 (1.8, 39.6)

9.6 (3.0, 32.2)

  1. a‘Other’ includes Asian and Hispanic or Latino ethnic groups; bbefore the 90-day period preceding the signing of informed consent.
  2. ECOG-Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Q-quartile, SD-standard deviation, SRE-skeletal-related event, UK-United Kingdom.