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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2016 Aug 17;11(12):2227–2237. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.07.031

Table 3.

Univariate analysis of patients with persistent disease after neoadjuvant therapy, by adjuvant systemic therapy status.

Variable Residual Disease,
Did Not Receive
Adjuvant Therapy
(n=4135, 88.8%)
Residual Disease,
Received Adjuvant
Therapy
(n=522, 11.2%)
P value

Age (years) 62.0 ± 9.5 59.5 ± 9.4 <0.001

Gender
    Male 3530 (88.2%) 473 (11.8%) 0.001
    Female 605 (92.5%) 49 (9.4%)

Race
    Caucasian 3886 (88.7%) 497 (11.3%) 0.32
    Non-Caucasian 216 (90.8%) 22 (9.2%)

Greatest circle distance
(miles)
47.8 ± 149.6 38.4 ± 75.8 0.02

Proportion in community
without high school
diploma
    <21% no high school
degree
3570 (88.4%) 470 (11.6%) 0.06
    ≥21% no high school
degree
472 (91.1%) 46 (8.9%)

Income
    ≥$38,000 3458 (88.3%) 457 (11.7%) 0.07
    <$38,000 581 (90.8%) 59 (9.2%)

Population type
    <250,000 2667 (88.2%) 1296 (89.5%) 0.20
    ≥250,000 357 (11.8%) 152 (10.5%)

Insurance Status
    No private insurance 2036 (91.2%) 196 (8.8%) <0.001
    Private insurance 2065 (86.6%) 320 (13.4%)

Charlson/Deyo Score
    0 3095 (88.4%) 408 (11.6%) 0.18
    1 864 (90.5%) 91 (9.5%)
    ≥2 176 (88.4%) 23 (11.6%)

Facility Type
    Academic 2173 (88.5%) 282 (11.5%) 0.53
    Community 1953 (89.1%) 239 (10.9%)

Histology
    Adenocarcinoma 3129 (88.5%) 405 (11.5%) <0.001
    Squamous Cell 635 (93.1%) 47 (6.9%)

Neoadjuvant type
    Chemotherapy 551 (75.9%) 175 (24.1%) <0.001
    Chemoradiation therapy 3584 (91.2%) 347 (8.8%)

Path T
T0, Tis, T1 1083 (91.5%) 100 (8.5%) <0.001
T2 1040 (90.9%) 104 (9.1%)
T3 1940 (86.1%) 314 (13.9%)
T4 71 (95.9%) 3 (4.1%)

Path N
N0 2214 (93.3%) 159 (6.7%) <0.001
N1 1507 (84.9%) 267 (15.1%)
N2 258 (81.9%) 57 (18.1%)
N3 76 (68.5%) 35 (31.5%)

Positive Margins (≥R1) 317 (7.8%) 57 (11.2%) 0.009

Tumor size (mm) 42.8 ± 46.4 43.1 ± 22.8 0.87

Number of nodes
examined
13.4 ± 9.5 15.7 ± 10.1 <0.001

Number of positive nodes 1.36 ± 2.66 2.64 ± 3.83 <0.001

Inpatient Length of Stay
(days)
13.0 ± 11.4 10.9 ± 7.5 <0.001

30-day readmission 260 (6.5%) 26 (5.2%) 0.24