Table 1. Characteristics of patients who underwent LDCT lung cancer screening in the North Carolina Lung Screening Registry (NCLSR) in academic and community sites.
| Characteristic | NCLSR | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL (N=2,861), n (%) | Academic (N=731), n (%) | Community (N=2,130), N (%) | ||
| Age group, years | <0.01 | |||
| <65 | 1,468 (51.3) | 300 (41.0) | 1,168 (54.8) | |
| 65+ | 1,393 (48.7) | 431 (59.0) | 962 (45.2) | |
| Race | <0.01 | |||
| White | 2,122 (80.6) | 520 (71.1) | 1602 (84.3) | |
| Black | 444 (16.9) | 188 (25.7) | 256 (13.5) | |
| Other | 66 (2.5) | 23 (3.2) | 43 (2.3) | |
| Unknown** | 229 (8.0) | 0 (0) | 229 (10.8) | |
| Sex | 0.09 | |||
| Female | 1,341 (46.9) | 323 (44.2) | 1,018 (47.8) | |
| Male | 1,520 (53.1) | 408 (55.8) | 1,112 (52.2) | |
| Smoking status | 0.13 | |||
| Current | 1,527 (53.4) | 408 (55.8) | 1,119 (52.5) | |
| Former | 1,334 (46.6) | 323 (44.2) | 1,011 (47.5) | |
*, P value comparing academic vs. community in NCLSR. **, unknown values are excluded from the column percentages.