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. 2022 Jun 21;13(4):367–378. doi: 10.6004/jadpro.2022.13.4.2

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics.

ST (n = 143) HM (n = 62) Total (n = 205)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 92 (64) 34 (54.8) 128 (62.4)
Age, years
 Range 35–93 38–89 35–93
 Median (IQR) 73 (70 to 80) 73 (69 to 75) 73 (69–79)
Race, n (%)
 White 134 (94) 57 (91.9) 191 (93.7)
 American Indian 5 (3.5) 0 (0) 5 (2.4)
 Asian 1 (0.69) 0 (0) 1 (0.5)
 Black 2 (1.39) 4 (6.45) 6 (2.9)
 Two or more races 0 (0) 1 (1.61) 1 (0.5)
Smoking status, n (%)
 Current 4 (2.8) 1 (1.61) 5 (2.4)
 Former 49 (34) 4 (6.45) 53 (25.8)
 Never 90 (63) 57 (92) 147 (73.7)
Other chronic conditions
 Patients with any condition, n (%) 124 (60.4) 47 (75.8) 171 (83.4)
 Mean number chronic conditions ± STD 2.0 ± 1.4 1.3 ± 1.1 1.8 ± 1.3
 Patients with hypertension, n (%) 105 (73.4) 37 (59.6) 142 (69.3)
 Patients with diabetes, n (%) 50 (35) 11 (17.7) 61 (29.8)
 Patients with CAD, n (%) 42 (29.3) 6 (9.6) 48 (23.4)
 Other chronic conditions, n (%) 90 (63) 23 (37) 113 (55.1)
Primary health insurance provider, n (%)
 Medicare 141 (98.6) 60 (96.7) 201 (98)
 Commercial 2 (1.3) 1 (1.6) 2 (0.97)
 Uninsured 2 (1.3) 1 (1.6) 2 (0.97)
Cancer type
Solid tumor, n (%)
 Prostate 39 (27.3)
 GI 28 (19.6)
 Lung 17 (11.9)
 Breast 17 (11.9)
 Pancreatic 13 (4.9)
 Renal 7 (4.9)
 Other solid tumor 22 (15.4)
Hematologic, n (%)
 Acute leukemia 19 (30.6)
 Multiple myeloma 18 (29)
 Lymphoma 17 (27.4)
 Chronic leukemia 6 (9.6)
 Other 7 (11.2)
Oncologic treatment goals/history
Goals of cancer care, n (%)
 Curative/Life-prolonging 77 (53.8) 45 (72.5) 122 (59.5)
 Palliative 55 (38.4) 14 (22.5) 69 (33.7)
 New diagnosis 10 (7) 2 (3.2) 12 (5.9)
Cancer treatment line, n (%)
 New diagnosis 12 (7) 4 (6.45) 16 (7.8)
 1st line 50 (35) 12 (19.3) 62 (30.2)
 2nd–4th 62 (43.4) 37 (59.6) 99 (48.3)
 5th and beyond 21 (14.7) 7 (11.2) 28 (13.7)
Stage of solid tumor cancer
 Stage I–III 26 (18.1)
 Stage IV 106 (74.1)
 Not stated/not yet staged 11 (7.7)

Note. ST = solid tumor; HM = hematologic malignancy.