Table 3:

Provider/Patient Communication of Incidental Nodule Diagnosis and Patient Adherence

	Full Sample	Patient Race/Ethnicity
Outcomes	All Races	White	Black	Asian	Hispanic
Total N	1843	1064	654	60	65
Patients Notified of Incidental Nodule Diagnosis (%)	67.7	77.7	53.7	65.0	47.7
			(<0.001)	(<0.001)	(<0.001)
Patient Adherence (%)
Recommended Follow-Up Obtained	44.6	51.2	35.0	36.7	38.5
			(<0.001)	(<0.001)	(<0.001)
Recommended Follow-Up Not Obtained	40.2	31.7	53.2	40.0	49.2
			(<0.001)	(<0.001)	(<0.001)
NA (Follow-Up Not Recommended, Not Obtained)	15.3	17.1	11.8	23.3	12.3
			(<0.001)	(<0.001)	(<0.001)
Among Notified Patients, Follow-Up Obtained
N	1248	827	351	39	32
Yes	62.6	63.6	60.1	56.4	70.9
			(0.012)	(<0.001)	(<0.001)
No	23.7	21.2	30.5	20.5	19.4
			(<0.001)
NA (Not Recommended, Not Obtained)	13.7	15.2	9.4	23.1	9.7
			(<0.001)	(<0.001)	(<0.001)

Note. P-values presented in parentheses, reflecting two-tailed t-tests between Black/Asian/Hispanic and White patients.