TABLE I.
Patient Characteristics (N = 100)
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD) | 62.7 ± 8.2 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 50 (50%) |
| Male | 50 (50%) |
| White | 88 (88%) |
| College education | 45 (45%) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never smoker | 1 (1%) |
| Former smoker | 48 (48%) |
| Current smoker | 51 (51%) |
| Packyears of smoking among smokers (mean ± SD) | 49.6 ± 24.9 |
| Lesion size prior to resection (mm) (mean ± SD) | 14.3 ± 6.0 |
| Tumor pathology size (mm) | |
| Mean ± SD | 13.8 ± 6.0 |
| 1–10 mm | 35 (35%) |
| 11–20 mm | 52 (52%) |
| 21–30 mm | 13 (13%) |
| Lesion location | |
| LLL | 12 (12%) |
| LUL | 26 (26%) |
| RLL | 17 (17%) |
| RML | 2 (2%) |
| RUL | 43 (43%) |
| Extent of surgery | |
| Wedge resection | 12 (12%) |
| Segmentectomy | 11 (11%) |
| Lobectomy | 73 (73%) |
| Bilobectomy | 4 (4%) |
| Type of surgery | |
| Limited resection | 23 (23%) |
| Lobectomy | 77 (77%) |
| Method of resection | |
| VATS | 15 (15%) |
| Thoracotomy | 85 (85%) |
| Baseline SF-12 (mean ± SD) | |
| Mental health component | 52.2 ± 9.6 |
| Physical health component | 49.1 ± 6.9 |
| Time of follow-up (mean ± SD) | 11.4 ± 2.3 |