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. 2019 Sep 11;14(9):e0221134. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221134

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
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)