Table 2.

Patterns of Recurrence.

Type of Recurrence	Sublobar Resection (N = 336)	Lobar Resection (N = 351)	Difference (95% CI)*
	number (percent)		percentage points
Overall	102 (30.4)	103 (29.3)	1.0 (−5.8 to 7.9)
Locorégional recurrence	45 (13.4)	35 (10.0)	3.4 (1.0 to 8.3)
Regional recurrence only	6 (1.8)	9 (2.6)	−0.8 (−3.2 to 1.6)
Any distant recurrence	51 (15.2)	59 (16.8)	−1.6 (−7.1 to 3.9)
New primary lung cancer	60 (17.9)	52 (14.8)	3.0 (−2.5 to 8.6)

^*The widths of the confidence intervals have not been adjusted for multiplicity and may not be used in place of hypothesis testing.