Table 1. Baseline demographics data of men and women who underwent a chest radiograph or CT for non-screening reasons in two hospitals during 2010 and 2011.
Men | Women | |||||
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Chest Radiograph (11208) |
CT (1387) |
Total (12595) |
Chest Radiograph (11893) |
CT (934) |
Total (12827) |
|
Age (years) | ||||||
<50 | 2485 (22.2) | 183 (13.2) | 2668 (21.2) | 2564 (21.6) | 167 (17.9) | 2731 (21.3) |
50–59 | 1911 (17) | 279 (20.1) | 2190 (17.4) | 2049 (17.2) | 190 (20.3) | 2239 (17.5) |
60–69 | 2599 (23.2) | 342 (24.7) | 2941 (23.3) | 2445 (20.6) | 226 (24.2) | 2671 (20.8) |
>70 | 4206 (37.5) | 582 (42) | 4788 (38) | 4833 (40.6) | 351 (37.6) | 5184 (40.4) |
Not specified | 7 (0.1) | 1 (0) | 8 (0.1) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) |
Setting | ||||||
Inpatient | 1746 (15.6) | 383 (27.7) | 2129 (16.9) | 1569 (13.2) | 180 (19.3) | 1749 (13.6) |
Outpatient | 9453 (84.4) | 1001 (72.3) | 10454 (83.1) | 10319 (86.8) | 754 (80.7) | 11073 (86.4) |
Not specified | 9 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | 12 (0.1) | 5 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0) |
Reason for requesting imaging test | ||||||
Respiratory | 2103 (18.8) | 524 (37.8) | 2627 (20.9) | 1884 (15.8) | 282 (30.2) | 2166 (16.9) |
Non- respiratory | 3107 (27.7) | 262 (18.9) | 3369 (26.8) | 3461 (29.1) | 203(21.7) | 3664 (28.6) |
Extrapulmonary neoplasm | 543 (4.8) | 198 (14.3) | 741 (5.9) | 542 (4.6) | 152 (16.3) | 694 (5.4) |
Preoperative | 2179 (19.4) | 32 (2.3) | 2211 (17.5) | 2614 (22) | 24 (2.6) | 2638 (20.6) |
Not specified | 3276 (23.2) | 371 (26.8) | 3647 (28.9) | 3392 (28.5) | 273 (29.2) | 3665 (28.6) |
Smoking habit | ||||||
Never | 59 (0.5) | 51 (3.7) | 110 (0.9) | 40 (0.3) | 41 (4.4) | 81 (0.6) |
Former and current | 178 (1.6) | 166 (12) | 344 (2.7) | 97 (0.8) | 86 (9.2) | 183 (1.4) |
Not specified | 10971 (97.9) | 1170 (84.4) | 12141 (96.4) | 11756 (98.9) | 807 (86.4) | 12563 (97.4) |
COPD | ||||||
No | 197 (1.8) | 164 (11.8) | 361 (66.2) | 161 (83) | 128 (84.2) | 289 (83.5) |
Yes | 88 (0.7) | 96 (6.9) | 184 (33.8) | 33 (17) | 24 (15.8) | 57 (16.5) |
Not specified | 10923 (97.5) | 1127 (81.3) | 1127 (81.3) | 11699 (98.4) | 782 (83.7) | 12481 (97.3) |