Table 4.
Baseline Characteristics of Patients, Stratified by Age Group and Intervention
| Characteristic | Patients < 70 y | Patients ≥ 70 y | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitive radiation therapy (n = 118) |
Pneumonectom y (n = 3,437) |
p Value | Definitive radiation therapy (n = 318) |
Pneumonectom y (n = 1,496) |
p Value | |
| Age, y | 65 (60,67) | 61 (54,65) | < 0.001 | 79 (74,82.8) | 74 (72,77) | < 0.001 |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.140 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Female | 43 (36.4) | 1020 (29.7) | 141 (44.3) | 456 (30.5) | ||
| Male | 75 (63.6) | 2417 (70.3) | 177 (55.7) | 1040 (69.5) | ||
| Race, n (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| White | 85 (72) | 2940 (85.5) | 251 (78.9) | 1346 (90) | ||
| Black | 22 (18.6) | 342 (10) | 35 (11) | 82 (5.5) | ||
| Other | 11 (9.3) | 155 (4.5) | 32 (10.1) | 68 (4.5) | ||
| Laterality, n (%) | 0.360 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Left | 58 (49.2) | 1908 (55.5) | 144 (45.3) | 858 (57.4) | ||
| Right | 60 (50.8) | 1525 (44.4) | 174 (54.7) | 636 (42.5) | ||
| Disease stage, n (%) |
< 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Stage I | 80 (67.8) | 1451 (42.2) | 242 (76.1) | 705 (47.1) | ||
| Stage II | 38 (32.2) | 1986 (57.8) | 76 (23.9) | 791 (52.9) | ||
| Marital status, n (%) |
< 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Married | 52 (44.1) | 2247 (65.4) | 147 (46.2) | 978 (65.4) | ||
| Not married | 65 (55.1) | 1101 (32) | 161 (50.6) | 496 (33.2) | ||
| Unknown | 1 (0.8) | 89 (2.6) | 10 (3.1) | 22 (1.5) | ||
| Radiation therapy, n (%) |
118 (100) | 796 (23.2) | < 0.001 | 318 (100) | 198 (13.2) | < 0.001 |