Table 1

Characteristics of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma, by responders and nonresponders, in Ontario, Canada, in 2003–2006

CharacteristicGroup; no. (%)*p value
Responders, n = 351Nonresponders, n = 974
Age, yr
 ≤ 70252 (72)554 (57)< 0.001
 > 7099 (28)420 (43)
Sex
 Male191 (54)525 (54)0.86
 Female160 (46)449 (46)
Treatment hospital
 Academic†231 (66)459 (47)< 0.001
 Nonacademic120 (34)515 (53)

  • ↵* Numbers may not add to total owing to missing values.

  • ↵† Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre and Kingston General Hospital.