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. 2016 Jul;8(Suppl 6):S481–S487. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.03.11

Table 3. Patient characteristics of major subgroups.

Variable Smoking at initial scan (n=678) Quit at initial scan (n=783) P
Smoking at most recent scan 537 73
Quit at most recent scan 141 710
Age (years) 61.3±5.91 63.6±5.82 <0.001
Pack year history 47.8±20.1 50.0±23.2 0.056
Duration in program (years) 1.43±0.63 1.46±0.64 0.35
Number of positive scans 0.80±1.09 0.85±1.20 0.42
Male 386 (56.9%) 393 (50.2%) 0.01
Female 292 (43.1%) 390 (49.8%)
Group 1 560 (82.6%) 545 (69.6%) <0.001
Group 2 118 (17.4%) 238 (30.4%)
Prior history of cancer 122 (18.0%) 127 (16.2%) 0.37
Outside referring PCP 113 (16.7%) 142 (18.1%) 0.46
3+ scans 335 (49.4%) 401 (51.2%) 0.49
1+ positive scans 257 (37.9%) 288 (36.8%) 0.66
Negative initial scan 479 (70.6%) 560 (71.5%) 0.71
S positive 40 (5.9%) 48 (6.1%) 0.85

Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation. Values in () percent of sample.