Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables for patients

Number of patients (n = 199)

180

19 (9.5%)

Diagnosis

Soft tissue sarcoma

94

9 (8.7%)

Bone sarcoma

35

3 (7.9%)

Metastasis

41

5 (10.9%)

Hematologic malignancy

10

2 (16.7%)

Sex

Male

103

10

Female

77

9

0.81

0.28–2.31

0.85^a

Age (years)

59.7 ± 1.4

70.8 ± 3.7

 < 60

74

2

≧ 60

106

17

5.89

1.33–54.1

0.011^a

5.80

1.32–26.5

0.021^c

BMI (cm/kg)

22.46

21.39

0.24^b

Size (mm)

80.4

65.8

0.79^b

Location

Lower limb

116

17

Other

64

2

4.66

1.05–42.9

0.038^a

4.56

1.01–20.4

0.048^c

Origin

Bone

80

10

Soft

100

9

0.72

0.25–2.08

0.63^a

Subcutaneous ~ fascia

36

4

Fascia ~ bone

144

15

1.14

0.26–3.90

0.77^a

D-dimer

0.65

2.64

 > 0.001^b

1.01

0.96–1.08

0.51^c

Performance Status

0–2

154

16

3–4

26

3

1.11

0.19–4.29

0.74^a

Pathological fracture

23

3

1.28

0.22–4.99

0.71^a

Hematologic status

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

12.9

13

0.88^b

White blood cell (/μL)

7010

6080

0.38^b

Platelet (× 10⁴/μL)

28

26.2

0.99^b

C related protein (mg/L)

1.78

0.56

0.80^b