Table 1.
—Demographics and Underlying Comorbidities, Including Risk Assessment and Performance Scores
| Variable | Value |
| Age, y | 61.5 ± 14 (range 17-88) |
| Sex, female | 135 (44) |
| Race | |
| White | 205 (66) |
| Black | 52 (17) |
| Other | 44 (14) |
| No race specified | 9 (3) |
| Smoking status | |
| Current | 39 (13) |
| Former | 172 (55) |
| Pack-years | 44 ± 33 (range 0-240) |
| ECOG performance status | |
| 0 | 35 (12) |
| 1 | 133 (47) |
| 2 | 90 (31) |
| 3 | 18 (6) |
| 4 | 9 (3) |
| 5 | 1 ( < 1) |
| ASA score | |
| 1 | 29 (10) |
| 2 | 133 (45) |
| 3 | 123 (42) |
| 4 | 6 (2) |
| 5 | 2 (1) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Hypertension | 116 (37) |
| COPD | 88 (28) |
| CAD | 46 (15) |
| Diabetes | 42 (14) |
| CHF | 25 (8) |
| Asthma | 18 (6) |
| CRF | 10 (3) |
| CVA | 6 (2) |
| Hemodialysis | 5 (2) |
| Hematologic malignancy | 4 (1) |
Values given as mean ± SD or No. (%). ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists; CAD = coronary artery disease; CHF = congestive heart failure; CRF = chronic renal failure; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.