Table 5.
Baseline Characteristics of Patients after Propensity Matching, 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) | 64 (59.2,67) | 0.58 | 79 (74,82.8) | 78 (74,81) | 0.09 |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.89 | 0.58 | ||||
| Female | 43 (36.4) | 41 (34.7) | 141 (44.3) | 133 (41.8) | ||
| Male | 75 (63.6) | 77 (65.3) | 177 (55.7) | 185 (58.2) | ||
| Race, n (%) | 0.61 | 0.22 | ||||
| White | 85 (72) | 87 (73.7) | 251 (78.9) | 263 (82.7) | ||
| Black | 22 (18.6) | 24 (20.3) | 35 (11) | 35 (11) | ||
| Other | 11 (9.3) | 7 (5.9) | 32 (10.1) | 20 (6.3) | ||
| Laterality, n (%) |
0.43 | 1.00 | ||||
| Left | 58 (49.2) | 65 (55.1) | 144 (45.3) | 144 (45.3) | ||
| Right | 60 (50.8) | 53 (44.9) | 174 (54.7) | 174 (54.7) | ||
| Disease stage, n (%) |
0.78 | 1.00 | ||||
| Stage I | 80 (67.8) | 83 (70.3) | 242 (76.1) | 243 (76.4) | ||
| Stage II | 38 (32.2) | 35 (29.7) | 76 (23.9) | 75 (23.6) | ||
| Marital status, n(%) |
0.93 | 0.53 | ||||
| Married | 52 (44.1) | 55 (46.6) | 147 (46.2) | 159 (50) | ||
| Not married | 65 (55.1) | 62 (52.5) | 161 (50.6) | 152 (47.8) | ||
| Unknown | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 10 (3.1) | 7 (2.2) | ||
| Radiation therapy, n (%) |
118 (100) | 10 (8.5) | < 0.001 | 318 (100) | 20 (6.3) | < 0.001 |