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. 2022 Apr 3;65(5):279–287. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2022039

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients who survived versus those who died at 1 year.

Variable n (%) P

Total (n=126) Alive (n=69) Deceased (n=57)
Age (yr)

 <55 11 (8.7) 7 (10.1) 4 (7.0) 0.767

 55–74 76 (60.3) 40 (58.0) 36 (63.2)

 ≥75 39 (31.0) 22 (31.9) 17 (29.8)

Gender

 Female 33 (26.2) 19 (27.5) 14 (24.6) 0.705

 Male 93 (73.8) 50 (72.5) 43 (75.4)

Smoking status

 Non-smoker/smoker/ex-smoker (<30 pack-years) 51 (40.5) 32 (46.4) 19 (33.3) 0.138

 Smoker/ex-smoker (≥30 pack-years) 75 (59.5) 37 (53.6) 38 (66.7)

Stage at diagnosis

 1 22 (17.5) 22 (31.9) 0 <0.001

 2 11 (8.7) 9 (13.0) 2 (3.5)

 3 25 (19.8) 11 (15.9) 14 (24.6)

 4 68 (54.0) 27 (39.1) 41 (71.9)

ECOG status

 0 40 (31.7) 29 (42.0) 11 (19.3) <0.001

 1 59 (46.8) 35 (50.7) 24 (42.1)

 2 15 (11.9) 3 (4.3) 12 (21.1)

 3 9 (7.1) 0 9 (15.8)

 4 3 (2.4) 2 (2.9) 1 (1.8)

Histology

 Adenocarcinoma 83 (65.9) 51 (73.9) 32 (56.1) 0.092

 Squamous cell 22 (17.5) 11 (15.9) 11 (19.3)

 Non-small cell (others)a 5 (4.0) 2 (2.9) 3 (5.3)

 Small cell 8 (6.3) 1 (1.4) 7 (12.3)

 Othersb 8 (6.3) 4 (5.8) 4 (7.0)

Mutations

 ALK rearrangement 2 (1.6) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.8) 0.499

 EGFR mutant 34 (27.0) 22 (31.9) 12 (21.1)

 ROS1 mutation 1 (0.8) 0 1 (1.8)

 Driver mutations (%) 29.3 33.3 24.6

aRepresents adenosquamous carcinoma and undifferentiated non-small cell lung cancer. bRepresents lymphoepithelial-like carcinoma and carcinoid. ALK: anaplastic lymphoma kinase, ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Operative Group, EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor, ROS1: receptor tyrosine kinase