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. 2022 Jun 23;6:44. doi: 10.1038/s41698-022-00286-4

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics by treatment cohort.

1st line mono-IO (n = 442) 1st line chemo-IO (n = 915) P-valuea
Age at treatment start, years, median (range) 72 (38, 85) 68 (33, 85) <0.001
Gender, n (%) 0.001
 Female 251 (57) 427 (47)
 Male 191 (43) 488 (53)
Race, n (%) 0.1
 Asian 5 (1) 11 (1)
 Black or African American 19 (4) 60 (7)
 Other 65 (15) 144 (16)
 White 322 (73) 610 (67)
 Missing 31 (7) 90 (10)
Smoking history, n (%) 0.004
 Yes 418 (95) 822 (90)
 No 24 (5) 93 (10)
Practice type, n (%) 0.3
 Academic 31 (7) 50 (5)
 Community 411 (93) 865 (95)
Advanced stage at diagnosisb, n (%) <0.001
 Yes 292 (66) 754 (82)
 No 143 (32) 150 (16)
 Not reported 7 (2) 11 (1)
ECOG performance statusc, n (%) <0.001
 0 88 (20) 251 (27)
 1 163 (37) 332 (36)
 2+ 107 (24) 144 (16)
 Missing 84 (19) 188 (21)
Tumor type, n (%) 0.02
 Lung adenocarcinoma 346 (78) 773 (84)
 Lung non-small cell lung carcinoma (nsclc) (nos) 64 (14) 93 (10)
 Other 32 (7) 49 (5)
Tissue of origin, n (%) 0.3
 Lung 211 (48) 426 (47)
 Lymph node 60 (14) 125 (14)
 Brain 37 (8) 52 (6)
 Bone 19 (4) 55 (6)
 Other/unknown 115 (26) 257 (28)
TMB, n (%) <0.001
 Low (<10 mut/Mb) 227 (51) 583 (64)
 High (≥10 mut/Mb) 215 (49) 332 (36)
PD-L1 expression, n (%) <0.001
 No (<1% TPS) 16 (7) 184 (38)
 Low (1–49% TPS) 33 (15) 170 (36)
 High (≥50% TPS) 174 (78) 124 (26)
 Missing 219 437
Total number of lines of therapy received, n (%) 0.4
 1 319 (72) 644 (70)
 2 85 (19) 171 (19)
 3+ 38 (9) 100 (11)
Class of 2nd line therapy received, n (%) <0.001
 Chemotherapy alone 48 (39) 78 (29)
 IO-Chemo combination 23 (19) 23 (8)
 Immunotherapy alone 21 (17) 18 (7)
 Other 31 (25) 152 (56)

aCharacteristics were compared between cohorts using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous measures and a chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test for categorical measures.

bIncludes stages IIIB, IIIC, IV, IVA, and IVB.

cAssessed on or up to 30 days before treatment start date.