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. 2022 Jan 4;11:766939. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.766939

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population in the training set.

Total no. (%) No lung cancer, n (%) Lung cancer, n (%) χ2 P-value
All participants 107382 107196 186
Person-years, median(IQR) 2.95 (1.71-4.83) 2.95 (1.71-4.83) 1.47 (0.78-2.33)
Age, mean ± SD, years 55.16 ± 8.78 55.14 ± 8.78 61.53 ± 7.47
Age (years) 98.24 <0.001
40-44 14028 (13.06) 14021 (99.95) 7 (0.05)
45-49 20109 (18.73) 20101 (99.96) 8 (0.04)
50-54 19769 (18.41) 19750 (99.90) 19 (0.10)
55-59 16083 (14.98) 16054 (99.82) 29 (0.18)
60-64 17556 (16.35) 17508 (99.73) 48 (0.27)
65-69 14356 (13.37) 14302 (99.62) 54 (0.38)
70-74 5481 (5.10) 5460 (99.62) 21 (0.38)
Gender 16.73 <0.001
 Male 31531 (29.36) 31451 (99.75) 80 (0.25)
 Female 75851 (70.64) 75745 (99.86) 106 (0.14)
Race 0.44 0.506
 Han nationality 105549 (98.29) 105365 (99.83) 184 (0.17)
 Others 1833 (1.71) 1831 (99.89) 2 (0.11)
Educationa 14.34 0.001
 Low 20139 (18.75) 20086 (99.74) 53 (0.26)
 Medium 71634 (66.71) 71517 (99.84) 117 (0.16)
 High 15609 (14.54) 15593 (99.90) 16 (0.10)
BMI (kg/m2) 2.82 0.419
<18.5 1381 (1.29) 1377 (99.71) 4 (0.29)
18.5-23.9 47588 (44.32) 47498 (99.81) 90 (0.19)
24.0-28.0 46882 (43.66) 46810 (99.85) 72 (0.15)
≥28.0 11531 (10.74) 11511 (99.83) 20 (0.17)
Vegetables intake 0.03 0.861
 ≥2.5kg/week 56467 (52.59) 56368 (99.82) 99 (0.18)
 <2.5kg/week 50915 (47.41) 50828 (99.83) 87 (0.17)
Fruit intake 0.07 0.785
 ≥1.25kg/week 63026 (58.69) 62915 (99.82) 111 (0.18)
 <1.25kg/week 44356 (41.31) 44281 (99.83) 75 (0.17)
Roughage intake 0.47 0.492
 ≥0.5kg/week 73524 (68.47) 73401 (99.83) 123 (0.17)
 <0.5kg/week 33858 (31.53) 33795 (99.81) 63 (0.19)
Heavy-slat diet 1.57 0.209
 No 88623 (82.53) 88463 (99.82) 160 (0.18)
 Yes 18759 (17.47) 18733 (99.86) 26 (0.14)
Heavy-grease diet 0.07 0.793
 No 89672 (83.51) 89518 (99.83) 154 (0.17)
 Yes 17710 (16.49) 17678 (99.82) 32 (0.18)
Cooking oil fume exposure 0.03 0.853
 None or a little 95144 (88.60) 94980 (99.83) 164 (0.17)
 A lot 12238 (11.40) 12216 (99.82) 22 (0.18)
Passive smoking 4.65 0.031
 No 76618 (71.35) 76472 (99.81) 146 (0.19)
 Yes 30764 (28.65) 30724 (99.87) 40 (0.13)
Alcohol Drinking 0.46 0.794
Never 96004 (89.40) 95835 (99.82) 169 (0.18)
Current 9598 (8.94) 9584 (99.85) 14 (0.15)
Former 1780 (1.66) 1777 (99.83) 3 (0.17)
Physical activity 3.38 0.066
Moderate or no 56293 (52.42) 56208 (99.85) 85 (0.15)
Heavy 51089 (47.58) 50988 (99.80) 101 (0.20)
Family history of lung cancer 4.69 0.030
 No 99660 (92.81) 99495 (99.83) 165 (0.17)
 Yes 7722 (7.19) 7701 (99.73) 21 (0.27)
History of chronic respiratory disease 1.93 0.165
 No 93185 (86.78) 93030 (99.83) 155 (0.17)
 Yes 14197 (13.22) 14166 (99.78) 31 (0.22)
History of tuberculosis 4.58 0.032
No 106230 (98.93) 106049 (99.83) 181 (0.17)
Yes 1152 (1.07) 1147 (99.57) 5 (0.43)
History of chronic bronchitis 1.55 0.213
No 96485 (89.85) 96323 (99.83) 162 (0.17)
Yes 10897 (10.15) 10873 (99.78) 24 (0.22)
History of emphysema 4.51 0.034
No 106543 (99.22) 106361 (99.83) 182 (0.17)
Yes 839 (0.78) 835 (99.52) 4 (0.48)
History of asthma bronchiectasis 0.01 0.925
No 104612 (97.42) 104431 (99.83) 181 (0.17)
Yes 2770 (2.58) 2765 (99.82) 5 (0.18)
History of hyperlipidemia 0.50 0.481
No 91561 (85.27) 91399 (99.82) 162 (0.18)
Yes 15821 (14.73) 15797 (99.85) 24 (0.15)

aLow, primary school or below; Medium, junior or senior high school; High, undergraduate or over.

IQR, Interquartile range; BMI, body mass index.