TABLE 1.
Summary Statistics for People at High Risk for Lung Cancer
| Raw # of Patients* (N=6560) [n (Weighted %)] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Men (n=3504) | Women (n=3056) | P † | SMD |
| Ages 56–64 | ||||
| Age [median (IQR)] (y) | 60 (4) | 60 (4) | 0.27 | 0.027 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 3055 (85.4) | 2681 (88.7) | 0.21 | 0.039 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 128 (7.0) | 116 (4.8) | ||
| Hispanic | 67 (3.1) | 44 (1.9) | ||
| Others | 193 (4.4) | 175 (4.6) | ||
| Income | ||||
| <$25,000 | 1153 (34.5) | 1182 (40.2) | 0.06 | 0.173 |
| $25,000 to <$50,000 | 822 (25.4) | 654 (25.2) | ||
| ≥$50,000 | 1122 (40.1) | 773 (34.6) | ||
| Employment status | ||||
| Unemployed | 211 (8.3) | 189 (12.0) | 0.007 | 0.125 |
| Employed | 1683 (67.2) | 1094 (58.2) | ||
| Retired | 680 (24.5) | 558 (29.7) | ||
| Education | ||||
| College-educated | 1507 (39.1) | 1497 (42.5) | 0.17 | 0.122 |
| Non–college-educated | 1991 (60.9) | 1550 (57.5) | ||
| Veteran status | ||||
| Veteran | 979 (26.5) | 125 (4.3) | <0.001 | 0.689 |
| Nonveteran | 2517 (73.5) | 2930 (95.7) | ||
| Health insurance status | ||||
| Insured | 3030 (88.1) | 2729 (89.3) | 0.45 | 0.088 |
| Uninsured | 462 (11.9) | 317 (10.7) | ||
| State’s Medicaid expansion status | ||||
| Expanded | 1722 (40.7) | 1529 (43.2) | 0.29 | 0.018 |
| Not expanded | 1782 (59.3) | 1527 (56.8) | ||
| Ever diagnosed with COPD | ||||
| Yes | 1027 (26.3) | 1210 (41.6) | <0.001 | 0.216 |
| No | 2441 (73.7) | 1826 (58.4) | ||
| Ever diagnosed with asthma | ||||
| Yes | 448 (11.6) | 730 (24.7) | <0.001 | 0.290 |
| No | 3039 (88.4) | 2314 (75.3) | ||
| Having personal doctor(s) or health care provider(s) | ||||
| Yes | 2873 (81.6) | 2736 (89.7) | <0.001 | 0.214 |
| No | 622 (18.4) | 317 (10.3) | ||
| Routine checkup within the past year | ||||
| Yes | 2669 (78.2) | 2484 (83.3) | 0.006 | 0.122 |
| No | 794 (21.8) | 546 (16.7) | ||
| Skipping care because of costs in the past 12 mo | ||||
| Yes | 562 (16.6) | 598 (19.7) | 0.09 | 0.093 |
| No | 2932 (83.4) | 2444 (80.3) | ||
| Having a CT or CAT scan in the last 12 mo | ||||
| Yes | 414 (12.6) | 428 (15.8) | 0.07 | 0.067 |
| No | 3040 (87.4) | 2575 (84.2) | ||
*
Weighted percentages were estimated using data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2017–2019. Percentages have been rounded and may not total 100.
†
P-value for age is from the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and P-values for other characteristics are from the χ2 test.
COPD indicates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CT/CAT, computed tomography; IQR, interquartile range; SMD, standardized mean difference.