EXHIBIT 1.
Characteristics Of Patients In The Study To Assess The Affect Of Default Options In End-Of-Life Care Planning
| Characteristic | Life-extension default (n =49)
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Standard advance directive (n=43)
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Comfort default (n=40)
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Age (mean years) | 64.6 | — | 64.4 | — | 64.8 | — |
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SEX | ||||||
| Male | 24 | 49.0 | 15 | 34.9 | 17 | 42.5 |
| Female | 25 | 51.0 | 28 | 65.1 | 23 | 57.5 |
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RACE | ||||||
| Black or African American | 11 | 22.4 | 14 | 32.6 | 10 | 25.0 |
| White or Caucasian | 34 | 69.4 | 29 | 67.4 | 28 | 70.0 |
| Other/unknown | 4 | 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5.0 |
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RELIGION | ||||||
| Catholic | 12 | 24.5 | 10 | 23.3 | 12 | 30.0 |
| Protestant | 15 | 30.6 | 13 | 30.2 | 13 | 32.5 |
| Other Christian | 1 | 2.0 | 4 | 9.3 | 2 | 5.0 |
| Jewish | 2 | 4.1 | 3 | 7.0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Other faiths | 13 | 26.5 | 10 | 23.3 | 6 | 15.0 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 12.2 | 3 | 7.0 | 6 | 15.0 |
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DIAGNOSIS | ||||||
| Non–small cell lung cancer/other thoracic malignancya | 18 | 36.7 | 16.9 | 37.2 | 13 | 32.5 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 14 | 28.6 | 15 | 34.9 | 14 | 35.0 |
| Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | 8 | 16.3 | 3 | 7.0 | 5 | 12.5 |
| Other incurable fibrotic lung diseases | 6 | 12.2 | 7 | 16.3 | 5 | 12.5 |
| Otherb | 3 | 6.1 | 2 | 4.7 | 3 | 7.5 |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis.
a
Other thoracic malignancies include malignant pleural effusion (for example, from breast cancer) and mesothelioma.
b
Chronic obstructive asthma, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, chronic pulmonary heart disease, other pulmonary insufficiency not elsewhere classified, other respiratory abnormalities, radiation pneumonitis, beryllium disease, lung involvement in systemic sclerosis, SLE (systemic lupus erythematosis), RA (rheumatoid arthritis).