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. 2014 Feb 17;3(2):434–444. doi: 10.1002/cam4.200

Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics.

All Patients Lymphoma Solid tumor stage I–III Solid tumor stage IV
Characteristics n (% of 3638) n (% of 534) n (% of 2022) n (% of 1050)
Age (years)
 <50 824 (22.6) 117 (21.9) 558 (27.6) 142 (13.5)
 50–64 1430 (39.3) 158 (29.6) 854 (42.2) 405 (38.6)
 65–69 465 (12.8) 68 (12.7) 212 (10.5) 184 (17.5)
 70–74 409 (11.2) 68 (12.7) 192 (9.5) 144 (13.7)
 ≥75 510 (14.0) 123 (23.0) 206 (10.2) 175 (16.7)
Race
 Caucasian 3076 (84.6) 475 (89) 1682 (83.2) 890 (84.8)
 African–American 373 (10.3) 36 (6.7) 215 (10.6) 120 (11.4)
 Other 189 (5.2) 23 (4.3) 125 (6.2) 40 (3.8)
ECOG PS
 0 2047 (56.3) 285 (53.4) 1365 (67.5) 379 (36.1)
 1 1297 (35.7) 203 (38) 578 (28.6) 505 (48.1)
 ≥2 294 (8.1) 46 (8.6) 79 (3.9) 166 (15.8)
Baseline BSA
 ≤2 m2 2599 (71.4) 321 (60.1) 1520 (75.2) 738 (70.3)
 >2 m2 1039 (28.6) 213 (39.9) 502 (24.8) 312 (29.7)
Medical history
 Prior chemotherapy 847 (23.3) 94 (17.6) 289 (14.3) 457 (43.5)
 Recent surgery 1205 (33.1) 168 (31.5) 837 (41.4) 192 (18.3)
 Diabetes 409 (11.2) 64 (12) 196 (9.7) 142 (13.5)
 Cardiac disease 205 (5.6) 42 (7.9) 87 (4.3) 75 (7.1)
 Lung disease 317 (8.7) 26 (4.9) 145 (7.2) 144 (13.7)
 History of anemia 598 (16.4) 97 (18.2) 249 (12.3) 246 (23.4)
Chemotherapy treatment
 Anthracyclines 1438 (39.5) 368 (68.9) 986 (48.8) 74 (7.0)
 Taxanes 1048 (28.8) 1 (0.2) 605 (29.9) 427 (40.7)
 Platinums 1150 (31.6) 11 (2.1) 558 (27.6) 562 (53.5)
 Two or more myelosuppressive drugs 2963 (81.4) 425 (79.6) 1728 (85.5) 780 (74.3)

ECOG PS, eastern cooperative group performance status; BSA, body surface area.