Variables Improved/Unimproved Improved Percentage (%) P Value
Gender     1.000
Male 15/7 68.1  
Female 20/11 64.5  
Age (years)     0.397
<40 4/3 57.1  
40-50 18/6 75  
50-60 10/7 58.8  
>60 2/3 40  
Headache     1.000
Yes 13/7 65  
No 22/11 66.7  
Impaired vision     0.402
Yes 15/10 60  
No 20/8 71.4  
Location     1.000
medial 13/7 65  
middle and lateral 22/11 66.7  
Tumor size (cm)     0.034
size ≤3 23/6 79.3  
3<size ≤5 10/11 47.6  
size>5 1/2 33.3  
Peritumoral edema     0.044
Yes 5/8 38.5  
No 29/11 72.5  
Encasement     0.002
Yes 2/8 20  
No 32/11 74.4  
Extent of resection     0.022
Simpson I-II 20/18 52.6  
Simpson III 9/1 90  
Simpson IV 5/0 100  
Approach     0.353
Conventional pterional 25/11 69.4  
Extended pterional 7/5 58.3  
POEZ* 2/3 40  
Blood supply     0.003
Rich 16/17 48.5  
Poor 18/2 90  
Adhesion     0.004
Yes 14/16 46.7  
No 20/3 87.0  
Pathological  category     0.811
Endothelial 21/8 72.4  
Transitional 8/6 57.1  
Fibrous 3/2 60  
Angiomatous 2/1 66.7  
Atypical type 1/1 50  
Duration(months)     0.773
≤3 15/5 75  
3<duration≤6 5/3 62.5  
6<duration≤12 4/3 57.1  
12<duration≤24 4/3 57.1  
duration>24 6/5 54.5  
Preoperative KPS     0.006
90≤KPS≤100 1/6 14.3  
KPS=80 19/5 79.2  
KPS=70 10/4 71.4  
50≤KPS≤60 4/2 66.7  
KPS≤40 0/2 0  
Estimated  blood loss(ml)     0.967
>1600 6/3 66.7  
1200-1600 14/7 66.7  
900-1200 8/6 57.1  
600-900 3/1 75  
≤600 4/1 80  
Operative time (hour)     0.219
<3 5/4 55.6  
4≤time<5 16/8 66.7  
5≤time<6 5/5 50  
6≤time<7 7/0 100  
≥7 2/1 66.7  
POEZ *: Orbito-petrional approach extended to the zygoma
Table 2: Univariate analysis on KPS improvement