Table 2. . Diabetes mellitus treatment of 124 patients with lung cancer.
Characteristic | Value† |
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DM diagnosis preceded lung cancer diagnosis | 113 [91.1] |
Time since DM diagnosis if preceded cancer diagnosis, mean [SD], y | 13.5 [11.1] |
DM therapy | |
Missing | 3 |
Diet | 22 [18.2] |
Oral | 65 [53.7] |
Insulin | 20 [16.5] |
Oral + insulin | 14 [11.6] |
Insulin use at time of cancer diagnosis | |
Missing | 0 |
Yes | 30 [24.2] |
No | 93 [75.0] |
Unknown | 1 [0.8] |
†Values are presented as number and percentage of patients unless specified otherwise.
DM: Diabetes mellitus.