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. 2019 Jan;11(1):154–161. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.30

Table S1. Comparison of surgical and SBRT groups before and after propensity matching on demographics.

Variable P value
Before propensity matching After propensity matching*
Age at diagnosis 0.2080 0.8840
Gender 0.9217 0.7055
Race 0.9739 1.0000
Education 0.1590 0.4795
Smoking status 0.1086 0.3173
Survey completed by proxy 0.7357 0.5271
COPD/emphysema/asthma <0.0001 0.3173
Angina pectoris/CAD 0.0108 0.4797

Before propensity matching, n=184 (156 surgery, 28 SBRT); After propensity matching, n=44 (22 surgery, 22 SBRT). *, matched on age at diagnosis, gender, race, education, smoking status, whether the baseline survey was completed by proxy, and presence of COPD/emphysema/asthma, and angina pectoris/CAD. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAD, coronary artery disease; PCS, Physical Component Summary; MCS, Mental Component Summary; SBRT, stereotactic body radiation therapy.