Table 1.
Preoperative Patient Demographics.
| Demographics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 65–69 | 2806 (23.8%) |
| 70–74 | 3518 (29.9%) |
| 75–79 | 3129 (26.6%) |
| 80–84 | 1782 (15.1%) |
| 85+ | 552 (4.7%) |
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| Gender | |
| Male | 5775 (49.0%) |
| Female | 6012 (51.0%) |
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| Year of Diagnosis | |
| 2007 | 3989 (33.8%) |
| 2008 | 3935 (33.4%) |
| 2009 | 3863 (32.8%) |
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| Race | |
| White | 10559 (89.6%) |
| Black | 630 (5.3%) |
| Asian | 270 (2.3%) |
| Hispanic | 85 (0.7%) |
| Other | 243 (2.1%) |
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| Tumor Stage | |
| I | 8103 (70.0%) |
| II | 1325 (11.5%) |
| III | 1753 (15.1%) |
| IV | 388 (3.4%) |
| NA | 218 (1.9%) |
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| Operation | |
| Open lobectomy/bilobectomy | 6119 (51.9%) |
| Open wedge resection | 1271 (10.8%) |
| Open segmentectomy | 823 (7.0%) |
| Open pneumonectomy | 372 (3.2%) |
| Chest wall resection with lung | 92 (0.8%) |
| VATS lobectomy | 1661 (14.1%) |
| VATS wedge resection | 950 (8.1%) |
| VATS segmentectomy | 499 (4.2%) |
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| Comorbidities | |
| Myocardial Infarction | 1241 (10.5%) |
| Heart Failure | 1345 (11.4%) |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease | 1812 (15.4%) |
| Cerebral Vascular Disease | 1198 (10.2%) |
| Chronic Pulmonary Disease | 7313 (62.0%) |
| Diabetes | 3598 (30.5%) |
| Chronic Renal Failure | 1064 (9.0%) |