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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Mar 31;59(4):647–654. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03353.x

Table 1.

Demographics, Comorbidity, Vital Status, Surgical Evaluation, and Resection for Total Cohort and According to Age Group

Patient Characteristic % P-Value
Overall (N = 9,553) <70 (n = 1,519) 70–74 (n = 2,308) 75–79 (n = 2,459) 80–84 (n = 1,772) ≥85 (n = 1,495)
Female 58 50 55 57 60 69 <.001
Race
 Non-Hispanic white 80 77 78 80 84 82 <.001
 Non-Hispanic black 9 11 10 9 7 8
 Hispanic 5 6 6 5 4 5
 Other 6 6 5 6 5 5
Marital status
 Married 51 65 60 54 45 28 <.001
 Widowed 32 14 21 30 42 59
Charlson comorbidity score
 0 56 61 57 56 55 53 <.001
 1 26 23 26 27 26 26
 2 11 10 10 10 11 11
 3 7 5 7 7 8 10
Alive at 2 years 14 20 18 14 9 5 <.001
Surgical evaluation 69 81 78 72 63 45 <.001
Charlson comorbidity score of those undergoing surgical evaluation
 0 71 80 79 73 66 47
 1 69 83 79 73 61 41
 2 68 85 79 71 57 44
 ≥3 61 73 69 65 58 45
 Surgical resection 25 39 34 27 17 4 <.001
Charlson comorbidity score of those undergoing surgical resection
 0 28 39 37 30 20 5
 1 25 41 33 27 17 4
 2 20 37 30 18 11 3
 ≥3 13 27 19 15 10 1
 30-day mortality 7.4 7.0 6.9 8.1 6.8 11.5 .41