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. 2020 Dec 17;232(4):600–605. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.12.002

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients in the Lung Cancer Screening Program

Characteristic Data (n = 2,153)
Age, y, mean ± SD 63.8 ± 5.9
Sex, f, n (%) 866 (45.1)
Race, n (%)
 Non-Hispanic White 1,118 (72.0)
 African American 409 (26.3)
 Other 25 (1.7)
Current smoker, n (%) 1,003 (51.7)
Pack-years, mean ± SD 53.8 ± 23.6
COPD, n (%) 618 (31.9)
Occupational exposure, n (%) 285 (23.4)
Radon exposure, n (%) 239 (12.3)
Pulmonary fibrosis, n (%) 99 (5.1)
Personal cancer history, n (%) 136 (7.0)