Clinical Study

Radiation-Associated Toxicities in Obese Women with Endometrial Cancer: More Than Just BMI?

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristic (%)

AgeMedian 52 years (range 29–73 years)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic48 (71%)
 Asian13 (19%)
 Caucasian6 (9%)
 African American1 (1%)
Body mass index (BMI)Median 34.5 kg/m2 (range 22.5–55.2 kg/m2)
 Normal weight8 (12%)
 Overweight/obese13 (19%)
 Severely obese23 (34%)
 Morbidly obese22 (32%)
 Unknown2 (3%)
Histology
 Endometrioid60 (88%)
 Nonendometrioid8 (12%)
Histologic grade
 Grade 124 (35%)
 Grade 224 (35%)
 Grade 320 (29%)
FIGO stage
 I25 (27%)
 II19 (28%)
 III18 (26.5%)
 IV6 (9%)