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. 2023 Mar 20:1–12. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s11136-023-03390-5

Table 2.

Distribution of sociodemographic and baseline clinical characteristics of patients (n = 4928)

Characteristic N (%)
Sociodemographic
  Age, years: Median [range] 65 [30–91]
  < 65 2304 (46.8)
  65 – 74 1896 (38.5)
  75 – 80 569 (11.5)
  > 80 159 (3.2)
  Sex
  Male 2732 (55.4)
  Female 2196 (44.6)
  Race
  White 4062 (82.4)
  Asian 428 (8.7)
  Black 114 (2.3)
  Other 70 (1.4)
  Unknown/ Not reported 254 (5.2)
  Ethnicity
  Hispanic/ Latino 165 (3.3)
  Not Hispanic or Latino 3904 (79.2)
  Not reported 859 (17.4)
  Geographic Region
  United States of America 345 (7)
  Non-United States of America 4583 (93)
Clinical
  ISS Stage
  Stage I 2256 (45.8)
  Stage II 1582 (32.1)
  Stage III 1034 (21)
  Missing/unknown 56 (1.1)
  Number of prior lines of treatment
  1 1919 (38.9)
  2 or 3 2578 (52.3)
   ≥ 4 428 (8.7)
  Missing/unknown 3 (0.1)
  ECOG Performance Status
  0–Fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction 1954 (39.8)
  1–Restricted in physical strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or   sedentary nature 2383 (48.5)
  2–Ambulatory and capable of all selfcare but unable to carry out any work activities; up and about more than 50% of waking hours 545 (11.1)
  3–Capable of only limited selfcare; confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours 31 (0.6)
  4–Completely disabled; cannot carry on selfcare; totally confined to bed or chair 0
  Not reported 15 (0.3)
  EORTC QLQ-C30 Physical Functioning Subscale summary score: Median [interquartile range] 73 [53–87]
  Charlson Comorbidity Index
  0 2951 (59.9)
  1 1190 (24.1)
  2 527 (10.7)
  3 161 (3.3)
  4 65 (1.3)
  5 +  34 (0.7)

ISS International Staging System, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, EORTC QLQ-C30 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life 30-item Questionnaire