Research Article

Risk Factors for Brain Metastases in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Baseline characteristics classified by primary tumor size of renal cell carcinoma.

Tumor size<7 cm≥7 cm and <10 cm≥10 cm value

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Tumor size<0.001
Age<0.001
Age group<0.001
 <70 years22567 (78.377%)4375 (75.379%)3351 (80.514%)
 ≥70 years6226 (21.623%)1429 (24.621%)811 (19.486%)
Grade<0.001
 Grade I3644 (12.656%)296 (5.100%)128 (3.075%)
 Grade II16578 (57.576%)2256 (38.870%)1186 (28.496%)
 Grade III7573 (26.302%)2333 (40.196%)1777 (42.696%)
 Grade IV998 (3.466%)919 (15.834%)1071 (25.733%)
N stage<0.001
 N028485 (98.930%)5424 (93.453%)3554 (85.392%)
 N1308 (1.070%)380 (6.547%)608 (14.608%)
M stage<0.001
 M028141 (97.736%)4998 (86.113%)3050 (73.282%)
 M1652 (2.264%)806 (13.887%)1112 (26.718%)
Bone metastasis<0.001
 No28504 (98.996%)5570 (95.968%)3879 (93.200%)
 Yes289 (1.004%)234 (4.032%)283 (6.800%)
Brain metastasis<0.001
 No28734 (99.795%)5713 (98.432%)4061 (97.573%)
 Yes59 (0.205%)91 (1.568%)101 (2.427%)
Liver metastasis<0.001
 No28727 (99.771%)5722 (98.587%)3996 (96.012%)
 Yes66 (0.229%)82 (1.413%)166 (3.988%)
Lung metastasis<0.001
 No28503 (98.993%)5301 (91.334%)3390 (81.451%)
 Yes290 (1.007%)503 (8.666%)772 (18.549%)
Insurance<0.001
 Uninsured793 (2.754%)197 (3.394%)166 (3.988%)
 Insured27636 (95.982%)5547 (95.572%)3959 (95.123%)
 Unknown364 (1.264%)60 (1.034%)37 (0.889%)
Marital status0.095
 Unmarried9743 (33.838%)1943 (33.477%)1424 (34.214%)
 Married17489 (60.740%)3586 (61.785%)2541 (61.052%)
 Unknown1561 (5.421%)275 (4.738%)197 (4.733%)
Fuhrman grade<0.001
 I3631 (12.611%)291 (5.014%)126 (3.027%)
 II16554 (57.493%)2255 (38.853%)1174 (28.208%)
 III7558 (26.249%)2296 (39.559%)1736 (41.711%)
 IV1050 (3.647%)962 (16.575%)1126 (27.054%)
Surgery<0.001
 No420 (1.459%)159 (2.739%)165 (3.964%)
 Partial nephrectomy14474 (50.269%)425 (7.323%)139 (3.340%)
 Radical nephrectomy13899 (48.272%)5220 (89.938%)3858 (92.696%)
Race NEW<0.001
 Black277 (0.971%)52 (0.901%)50 (1.210%)
 Others1641 (5.755%)342 (5.928%)245 (5.929%)
 Unknown3510 (12.310%)516 (8.944%)429 (10.382%)
 White23086 (80.964%)4859 (84.226%)3408 (82.478%)
T stage NEW<0.001
 125420 (88.285%)548 (9.442%)0 (0.000%)
 20 (0.000%)2715 (46.778%)1570 (37.722%)
 33299 (11.458%)2403 (41.402%)2293 (55.094%)
 474 (0.257%)138 (2.378%)299 (7.184%)