Table 1.
Sociodemographic and disease characteristics of participants
| Patients with operable lung cancer (n=20) | |
|---|---|
| Sex (male/female) | 13/7 |
| Age—years (median; range) | 71.5; 41–86 |
| 40–49 | 1 |
| 50–59 | 1 |
| 60–69 | 6 |
| 70–79 | 10 |
| ≥80 | 2 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Incidental | 8 |
| Symptomatic | 12 |
| Smoking status | |
| Current smoker | 4 |
| Ceased in the last 3 months | 4 |
| Former smoker (ceased >3 months ago) | 11 |
| Never smoker | 1 |
| Comorbidities | |
| Symptomatic COPD (spirometry +ve or clinical diagnosis) | 8 |
| Primary/secondary care COPD diagnosis (primary care diagnosis preceding secondry care LC investigation/diagnosis during secondary care LC investigation) | 3/5 |
| Asthma | 5 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 1 |
| Congestive cardiac failure | 1 |
| Other cardiac problems | 2 |
| Socioeconomic status (index of multiple deprivation): | |
| Most deprived 50% | 8 |
| Least deprived 50% | 12 |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LC, lung cancer.