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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lung Cancer. 2018 Sep 11;125:51–56. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.09.006

Table 2.

Distribution of Patient Characteristics by Surgery Receipt Among KPNC Member and Non-members

Characteristic, N (%) KPNC Members (N=1565) p-value Non-members (N=4221) p-value
Surgery (N=1252) No Surgery (N=313) Surgery (N=3212) No Surgery (N=1009)
Age at diagnosis, years
    <60 261 (20.8) 18 (5.7) <0.0001 706 (22.0) 135 (13.4) <0.0001
    60–69 494 (39.5) 81 (25.9) 1122 (34.9) 305 (30.2)
    70+ 497 (39.7) 214 (68.4) 1384 (43.1) 569 (56.4)
Race/Ethnicity
    Non-Hispanic White 909 (72.6) 228 (72.8) <0.0001 2448 (76.2) 727 (72.1) <0.0001
    Black 82 (6.6) 44 (14.1) 168 (5.2) 96 (9.5)
    Hispanic 58 (4.6) 13 (4.2) 180 (5.6) 75 (7.4)
    Asian/Pacific Islander 203 (16.2) 28 (8.9) 416 (13.0) 111 (11.0)
Gender
    Male 517 (41.3) 147 (47.0) 0.07 1466 (45.6) 520 (51.5) 0.001
    Female 735 (58.7) 166 (53.0) 1746 (54.4) 489 (48.5)
Marital status
    Single 422 (33.7) 142 (45.4) <0.0001 1275 (39.7) 540 (53.5) <0.0001
    Married/Partner 777 (62.1) 150 (47.9) 1903 (59.3) 449 (44.5)
    Unknown 53 (4.2) 21 (6.7) 34 (1.0) 20 (2.0)
Socioeconomic status
    I (low) 202 (16.1) 76 (24.3) 0.003 800 (24.9) 369 (36.6) <0.0001
    II 307 (24.5) 80 (25.5) 780 (24.3) 279 (27.7)
    III 388 (31.0) 75 (24.0) 780 (24.3) 203 (20.1)
    IV (high) 355 (28.4) 82 (26.2) 852 (26.5) 158 (15.6)
Tumor stage
    I 1052 (84.0) 245 (78.3) 0.02 2620 (81.6) 754 (74.7) <0.0001
    II 200 (16.0) 68 (21.7) 592 (18.4) 255 (25.3)
Tumor size
    ≤1.5 209 (16.7) 33 (10.5) <0.0001 569 (17.7) 87 (8.6) <0.0001
    1.6–3 584 (46.6) 102 (32.6) 1367 (42.6) 325 (32.2)
    3.1–4.5 251 (20.0) 77 (24.6) 721 (22.4) 220 (21.8)
    4.6+ 201 (16.1) 86 (27.5) 530 (16.5) 287 (28.4)
    Unknown 7 (0.6) 15 (4.8) 25 (0.8) 90 (8.9)
Histologic subtype
    Adenocarcinoma 660 (52.7) 106 (33.9) <0.0001 2112 (65.8) 375 (37.2) <0.0001
    Squamous cell carcinoma 281 (22.4) 105 (33.5) 718 (22.3) 339 (33.6)
    Other 231 (18.5) 18 (5.8) 214 (6.7) 51 (5.0)
    NSCLC, NOS 80 (6.4) 84 (26.8) 168 (5.2) 244 (24.2)
Radiation therapy received1
    Yes, radiosurgery 1 (0.1) 27 (8.6) 4 (0.1) 85 (8.4) <0.0001
    Yes, other radiation therapy 63 (5.03) 160 (51.1) 242 (7.5) 483 (47.9)
    No 1188 (94.9) 126 (40.3) 2966 (92.3) 441 (43.7)
Chemotherapy received
    Yes 270 (21.6) 86 (27.5) 0.03 682 (21.2) 341 (33.8) <0.0001
    No 982 (78.4) 227 (72.5) 2530 (78.8) 668 (66.2)
1

p-value not reported for KPNC members due to small cell sizes