The utility of texture analysis based on quantitative synthetic magnetic resonance imaging in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a preliminary study

Table 2 Clinical characteristics and population demographics of participants

Characteristics	NPC	Volunteers	P
Gender			0.271
Male	45 (76.3%)	32 (66.7%)
Female	14 (23.7%)	16 (33.3%)
Age	51 (18–68)	43 (28–65)	0.186
Histology		NA	NA
Non-keratinising	21 (35.6%)
Differentiated
Non-keratinising	34 (57.6%)
Undifferentiated
Keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma	2 (3.4%)
Unknown	2 (3.4%)
T stage		NA	NA
T1	11 (18.6%)
T2	12 (20.3%)
T3	21 (35.7%)
T4	15 (25.4%)
OC invasion		NA	NA
Yes	32 (54.2%)
No	27 (45.8%)

Continuous data were expressed as median and range and categorical variables were expressed as percentage
NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma; NA, not appliable; OC, occipital clivus

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