Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 60 patients with pulmonary carcinoid.
| Clinical factors | Total | Typical carcinoid | Atypical carcinoid | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| 60 | 100.0 | 39 | 65.0 | 21 | 35.0 | ||
| Age (y) | 54.1 ± 13.3 | 54.7 ± 11.1 | 53.1 ± 16.8 | 0.703 | |||
| Sex | 0.493 | ||||||
| Male | 25 | 41.7 | 15 | 60.0 | 10 | 40.0 | |
| Female | 35 | 58.3 | 24 | 68.6 | 11 | 31.4 | |
| Smoking history | 0.712 | ||||||
| Never | 39 | 65.0 | 26 | 66.7 | 13 | 33.3 | |
| Former/current | 21 | 35.0 | 13 | 61.9 | 8 | 38.1 | |
| Symptoms | 0.788 | ||||||
| Yes | 29 | 48.3 | 18 | 62.1 | 11 | 37.9 | |
| No | 31 | 51.7 | 21 | 67.7 | 10 | 32.3 | |
| Site | 0.234 | ||||||
| LLL | 12 | 20.0 | 9 | 75.0 | 3 | 25.0 | |
| LUL | 10 | 16.7 | 4 | 40.0 | 6 | 60.0 | |
| RLL | 15 | 25.0 | 10 | 66.7 | 5 | 33.3 | |
| RML | 15 | 25.0 | 12 | 80.0 | 3 | 20.0 | |
| RUL | 8 | 13.3 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 50.0 | |
| Pathological stage | 0.058 | ||||||
| I | 45 | 75.0 | 33 | 73.3 | 12 | 26.7 | |
| II | 9 | 15.0 | 4 | 44.4 | 5 | 55.6 | |
| III | 6 | 10.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 | |
| T stage | 0.634 | ||||||
| T1 | 52 | 86.7 | 35 | 67.3 | 17 | 32.7 | |
| T2 | 6 | 10.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| T3 | 2 | 3.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | |
| Lymph node metastases | 0.011 | ||||||
| N0 | 49 | 81.7 | 36 | 73.5 | 13 | 26.5 | |
| N1/N2 | 11 | 18.3 | 3 | 27.3 | 8 | 72.7 | |
LLL: left lower lobe, LUL: left upper lobe, RLL: right lower lobe, RML: right middle lobe, RUL: right upper lobe.