Table 2.
Smoking history and lung cancer characteristics at baseline categorized by the entire sample and participants who provided data at 6 months
| Entire Sample | Participants Who Provided Data at 6 Months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | n | % | mean (SD) | range | n | % | mean (SD) | range |
| CPD | 51 | 16.0 (11.01) | 0–40 | 29 | 14.2 (10.57) | 0–40 | ||
| Years smoked | 51 | 36.8 (11.24) | 8–65 | 29 | 35.2 (11.95) | 8–60 | ||
| Previous quit attempts | 50 | 5.1 (14.52) | 0–100 | 28 | 7.3 (19.52) | 0–100 | ||
| Living with a smoker (n=51, n=28) | 27 | 52.9 | 15 | 53.6 | ||||
| Pathology (n=52, n=29) | 7 | |||||||
| Small cell | 11 | 21.2 | 22 | 24.1 | ||||
| Non-small cell | 41 | 78.8 | 75.9 | |||||
| Stage (n=52, n=29) | ||||||||
| Early (I-IIIA, limited) | 16 | 31.3 | 12 | 41.4 | ||||
| Late (IIIB, IV, extensive) | 35 | 68.7 | 17 | 58.6 | ||||
| Cancer treatment at baseline (n=52) | ||||||||
| No treatment | 31 | 59.6 | ||||||
| Surgery | 6 | 11.5 | ||||||
| Radiation (XRT) | 6 | 11.5 | ||||||
| Chemotherapy | 4 | 7.7 | ||||||
| Chemotherapy + XRT | 5 | 9.7 | ||||||
| Time since diagnosis (days) | 52 | 26.1 (14.20) | 3–58 | 28 | 27.0 (14.13) | 4–58 | ||