Table 1.

Patient Characteristics at Baseline (N=395)

Characteristic	No. (%) or Mean ± SD (Range) [Median]
Sex
Female	170 (43.0)
Male	225 (57.0)
Functional status
Normal activity	178 (45.1)
Symptoms but ambulatory	150 (37.9)
Confined to bed or chair <50% of waking hours	44 (11.1)
Confined to bed or chair ≥50% of waking hours	20 (5.1)
Completely disabled—100% bedridden	3 (0.8)
Type of lung cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma	77 (19.5)
Adenomatous carcinoma	164 (41.5)
Other non–small cell carcinoma	67 (17.0)
Small cell carcinoma	58 (14.7)
Unknown	29 (7.3)
Treatment
Surgery with/without chemotherapy/radiation therapy	113 (28.6)
Chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy	254 (64.3)
No treatment	28 (7.1)
Metastases
Present at baseline	128 (32.4)
Found during follow-up	37 (9.4)
None	230 (58.2)
Cancer stage
Stage I	56 (14.2)
Stage II	33 (8.3)
Stage III	119 (30.1)
Stage IV	133 (33.7)
Not confirmed	54 (13.7)
Age, years	63.4 ± 9.5 (31–88) [64]
Education, years	10.9 ± 3.9 (2–24) [11]
Intervals in care
Investigation to diagnosis, weeks	5.6 ± 8.0 (0–78) [3]
Diagnosis to first treatment, days	29.0 ± 26.6 (0–140) [21]