Table 1

Patient and disease characteristics at baseline for all patients and by time of diagnosis (period I and period II)

CharacteristicsAll patientsPatients diagnosed in period I*Patients diagnosed in period II*P value
n=250n=171n=79
N%N%N%
Age at diagnosis, median (IQR)67.0 (59.0–73.0)67.0 (59.0–72.0)66.0 (59.0–73.0)0.973
BMI at diagnosis, kg/m20.298
 <18.583.231.856.3
 ≥18.5 and ≤24.910843.27745.03139.2
 ≥25.0 and ≤29.98132.45331.02835.4
 ≥304618.43218.71417.7
 Unknown72.863.511.3
Country of birth (self-reported)0.877
 The Netherlands19276.813377.85974.7
 Other72.852.922.5
 Unknown5120.43319.31822.8
Educational level† (self-reported)0.049
 Low7028.05632.71417.7
 Medium10943.66739.24253.2
 High62.452.911.3
 Unknown6526.04325.12227.8
Parity at diagnosis (self-reported)0.595
 Yes15762.811164.94658.2
 No4016.02615.21417.7
 Unknown5321.23419.91924.1
Smoking status at diagnosis (self-reported)0.983
 Never smoker10040.06940.43139.2
 Former smoker8634.45833.92835.4
 Current smoker218.4158.867.6
 Unknown4317.22917.01417.7
Family history of cancer at diagnosis (self-reported)0.914
 Yes13955.69656.14354.4
 No6726.84626.92126.6
 Unknown4417.62917.01519.0
WHO performance status at diagnosis0.478
 014256.89756.74557.0
 15421.63621.11822.8
 2145.674.178.9
 331.231.8
 Unknown3714.82816.4911.4
Frailty at diagnosis (GFI)0.890
 <4 (non-frail)11445.67644.43848.1
 ≥4 (frail)4718.83319.31417.7
 Unknown8935.66236.32734.2
Histology at diagnosis0.352
 High-grade serous17369.212170.85265.8
 Low-grade serous83.263.522.5
 Mucinous114.474.145.1
 Endometrioid2610.4179.9911.4
 Clear cell239.2148.2911.4
 Carcinosarcoma41.610.633.8
 Adenocarcinoma NOS52.052.9
FIGO stage at diagnosis0.976
 I4016.02816.41215.2
 II249.6179.978.9
 III13252.88851.54455.7
 IV5321.23721.61620.3
 Unknown10.410.6
  • *Period I: January 1, 2016 until July 1, 2018. Period II: July 1, 2018 until January 1, 2020.

  • †Educational levels were defined as follows: low=primary or secondary education or less; medium=vocational education; high=university or higher education.

  • BMI, body mass index; FIGO, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; GFI, Groningen Frailty Index; IQR, Interquartile range; NOS, not otherwise specified.