Table 1.
Summary of Patient Characteristics
| Total (N = 169) |
CSa (N = 88) |
FSb (N = 81) |
OR (95% CI) |
p | |
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| Sociodemographic Variables | |||||
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| Age, M (SD) | 64.35 (6.21) | 63.87 (5.79) | 64.88 (6.64) | – | .29 |
| Sex (female), N (%) | 84 (50.60%) | 38 (43.70%) | 46 (58.20%) | 1.79 (0.97,3.33) | .07 |
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| Education, N (%) | |||||
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| <HSc graduate | 7 (4.20%) | 6 (6.90%) | 1 (1.30%) | 5.78 (0.68,49.10) | .08 |
| HSc graduate/GED | 38 (22.90%) | 24 (27.60%) | 14 (17.70%) | 1.77 (0.84,3.72) | .20 |
| Post HSc | 50 (30.10%) | 24 (27.60%) | 26 (32.90%) | 1.10 (0.56,2.13) | .50 |
| College and beyond | 71 (42.80%) | 33 (37.90%) | 38 (48.10%) | 0.66 (0.36, 1.22) | .21 |
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| Race/ethnicity, N (%) | |||||
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| Non-Hispanic White | 158 (95.20%) | 83 (96.50%) | 75 (94.90%) | 0.83 (0.18, 3.83) | .48 |
| Black | 5 (3.00%) | 2 (2.30%) | 3 (3.70%) | 0.60 (0.10, 3.71) | .67 |
| Other | 6 (3.60%) | 3 (3.30%) | 3 (4.91%) | 0.92 (0.18,4.68) | |
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| Marital Status, N (%) | |||||
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| Married/partnered | 97 (58.10%) | 49 (55.70%) | 48 (60.80%) | 0.86 (0.47, 1.59) | .53 |
| Single | 24 (14.40%) | 15 (17.00%) | 9 (11.40%) | 1.60 (0.66, 3.89) | .38 |
| Widowed | 8 (4.80%) | 3 (3.40%) | 5 (6.30%) | 0.52 (0.12,2.26) | .49 |
| Divorced/separated | 38 (22.80%) | 21 (23.90%) | 17 (21.50%) | 1.14 (0.55,2.36) | .85 |
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| Children (at least one), N (%) | 120 (71.90%) | 59 (67.00%) | 61 (72.20%) | 0.60(0.30, 1.20) | .17 |
| Health Insurance, N (%) | |||||
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| Private | 86 (50.90%) | 41 (46.60%) | 45 (55.60%) | 1.09 (0.60, 1.99) | .28 |
| Medicare | 80 (47.30%) | 41 (46.60%) | 39 (48.15%) | 1.06 (0.58, 1.95) | .88 |
| Medicaid/Mass Health | 35 (20.70%) | 27 (30.70%) | 8 (9.80%) | 3.31 (1.34, 8.29) | .01 |
| Military/Tricare/VAd/Champ-VAd | 4 (2.40%) | 3 (3.40%) | 1 (1.20%) | 2.83 (0.29,27.71) | .62 |
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| Medical Variables | |||||
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| History of chronic illness, N (%) | |||||
| Asthma | 31 (20.70%) | 15 (19.70%) | 16 (21.60%) | 0.89 (0.40,1.97) | .84 |
| COPDe | 49 (31.20%) | 28 (34.10%) | 21 (28.00%) | 1.33 (0.68,2.63) | .50 |
| Diabetes | 19 (12.60%) | 10 (13.20%) | 9 (12.00%) | 1.11 (0.42,2.91) | .10 |
| Heart disease/Heart attack | 28 (17.90%) | 13 (16.30%) | 15 (19.70%) | 0.79 (0.35, 1.79) | .68 |
| Hypertension | 88 (55.30%) | 45 (54.20%) | 43 (56.60%) | 0.90 (0.49,1.70) | .87 |
| Stroke | 5 (3.40%) | 5 (6.60%) | 0 (0%) | 5.07 (0.58,44.50) | .03 |
| Personal cancer history | 20 (17.90%) | 18 (20.50%) | 12 (14.81%) | 1.46 (0.65,3,25) | .42 |
| Family history of lung cancer | 55 (33.30%) | 28 (32.60%) | 27 (33.33%) | 0.93 (0.49,1.78) | .87 |
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| Smoking-Related Variables | |||||
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| Years smoked, M (SD) | 42.65 (10.16) | 46.06 (7.89) | 38.84 (11.06) | – | <.001 |
| Cigarettes per day, M (SD) | 19.82 (13.91) | 15.41 (9.42) | 25.03 (16.41) | – | <.001 |
| Packs per day, M (SD) | 0.99 (0.70) | 0.77 (0.47) | 1.25 (0.82) | – | <.001 |
| Pack-years, M (SD) | 39.26 (23.66) | 35.44 (21.84) | 43.90 (25.08) | – | .03 |
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| Emotional Functioning | |||||
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| Perceived stress, M (SD) | 5.14 (3.35) | 6.01 (3.46) | 4.16 (2.93) | – | <.001 |
| Anxiety - continuous, M (SD) | 1.62 (1.78) | 2.03 (1.94) | 1.16 (1.46) | – | .001 |
| Anxiety - elevated, N (%) | 43 (26.06%) | 30 (34.09%) | 13 (16.05%) | 2.71 (1.29, 5.67) | .008 |
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| Numeracy | |||||
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| Subjective numeracy, N (%) | 72 (44.20%) | 28 (33.30%) | 44 (55.70%) | 0.39 (0.21,0.75) | .005 |
| Objective numeracy, N (%) | 133 (82.10%) | 66 (77.60%) | 67 (87.00%) | 0.52 (0.22,1.20) | .15 |
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| Lung Cancer Screening Uncertainty | |||||
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| Referral clarity, Median (10%, 25%, 75%) | 4 (3, 4, 4) | 4 (3, 3, 4) | 4 (3, 4, 4) | – | .09 |
| Perceived accuracy, M (SD) | 3.76 (0.72) | 3.75 (0.77) | 3.83 (0.38) | – | .93 |
Note.
a
CS = Current smokers
b
FS = Former smokers
c
HS = High school
d
VA = Veterans Affairs
e
COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease