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Table 1 Patient data

From: Changing the clinical course of glioma patients by preoperative motor mapping with navigated transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

 

nTMS

non-nTMS

p-value

Mean age (years)

58.0 ± 13.8

60.3 ± 14.7

0.3328

Gender (%)

Male

64.3

64.3

1.0000

Female

35.7

35.7

Median preoperative Karnofsky performance status (%)

80.0 (95% CI 76.7 – 83.3)

80.0 (95% CI 76.7 – 83.3)

0.3351

Preoperative paresis (%)

None

68.6

71.4

0.5079

Mild

24.3

25.7

Severe

7.1

2.9

Histology (%)

WHO grade III

22.9

20.0

0.6804

WHO grade IV

77.1

80.0

Mean tumor diameter (cm)

4.1 ± 2.7

4.2 ± 1.8

0.9328

Mean follow-up (months)

12.8 ± 10.4

17.6 ± 19.5

0.0742

  1. Detailed overview on age, gender, Karnofsky performance status (KPS), preoperative neurological status, histology, mean tumor diameter on axial slices, and mean follow-up of the nTMS compared to the non-nTMS group. Preoperative paresis: none = no paresis, mild = BMRC grade of muscle strength ≥ 4-/5, severe = BMRC grade of muscle strength ≤ 3/5.