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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jun 18;161(6):1903–1917.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.175

TABLE E3.

Characteristics of pathological stage I non–small cell lung cancer in never-smokers versus ever-smokers

Before matching After matching


Characteristic Never-smokers (n = 92) Ever-smokers (n = 800) Standardized difference, % Never-smokers (n = 90) Ever-smokers (n = 90) Standardized difference, %




n* No. (%) n* No. (%) n* No. (%) n* No. (%)

Tumor location 92 800 90 90
 Right upper 31 (34) 302 (38) −8.4 30 (34) 32 (36) −3.4
 Right middle 2 (2.2) 45 (5.6) −18 2 (2.2) 6.5 (7.2) −23
 Right lower 25 (27) 156 (19) 18 25 (28) 22 (24) 7.7
 Left upper 20 (22) 203 (26) −8.6 18 (21) 22 (25) −10
 Left lower 14 (15) 94 (12) 10 14 (15) 7.9 (8.8) 20
 Right central 0(0) 2 (0.25) −7.1 0(0) 0.03 (0.03) −2.5
 Left central 0(0) 1 (0.13) −5.0 0(0) 0.03 (0.03) −2.5
Focality 91 798 6.6 89 90 −2.9
 Unifocal 84 (92) 750 (94) 83 (93) 83 (92)
 Multifocal 7 (7.7) 48 (6.0) 6.1 (6.9) 6.8 (7.6)
Histopathological type 92 797 90 90
 Adenocarcinoma 85 (92) 534 (67) 66 83 (92) 82 (92) 2.7
  Large cell 0(0) 33 (4.1) −29 0(0) 2.4 (2.7) −23
  Not otherwise specified 0(0) 9(1.1) −15 0(0) 0.78 (0.87) −13
  Other 4 (4.3) 15 (1.9) 14 3.9 (4.4) 0.65 (0.73) 23
 Squamous 3 (3.3) 206 (26) −68 3 (3.4) 3.7 (4.2) −4.3
Invasion and involved margins
 Visceral pleural invasion 90 16 (18) 796 168 (21) −8.4 88 16 (18) 90 18 (20) −5.4
 Lymphovascular invasion 69 15 (22) 600 151 (25) −8.1 67 14 (20) 70 17 (24) −9.1
 Soft tissue margin involved 75 2 (2.7) 643 14 (2.2) 3.2 73 2 (2.7) 71 2 (2.8) −0.61
 Bronchial margin involved 83 3 (3.6) 681 2 (0.29) 24 81 3 (3.7) 78 0.12 (0.15) 26
 Vascular margin involved 86 1 (1.2) 678 1 (0.15) 13 84 1 (1.2) 78 0.02 (0.02) 15
 Parenchymal margin involved 54 0(0) 540 5 (0.93) −14 52 0(0) 60 0.26 (0.43) −9.2
Pathological T category 92 800 90 90
 1a 4 (4.4) 95 (12) −28 4 (4.5) 11 (12) −27
 1b 40 (43) 317 (40) 7.8 39 (44) 36 (41) 6.5
 1c 29 (32) 255 (32) −0.76 28 (31) 28 (31) −1.4
 2a 19 (21) 133 (17) 10 19 (21) 14 (16) 13
Pathological N category 92 800 90 90
 0 92 (100) 800 (100) 90 (100) 90 (100)
Pathological M category 92 92 (100) 800 800 (100) 90 90 (100) 90 90 (100)
Pathological stage group 92 800 17 90 90 19
 IA1 4 (4.4) 95 (12) 4 (4.5) 11 (12)
 IA2 40 (43) 317 (40) 39 (43) 36 (41)
 IA3 29 (32) 255 (32) 28 (31) 28 (31)
 IB 19 (21) 133 (17) 19 (21) 14 (16)
*

Patients with data available.