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. 2022 Oct 7;29:10732748221121385. doi: 10.1177/10732748221121385

Table 2.

Summary of LDCT Screening Participants Features.

Variables Parameters n/measure (%)
Age, years Mean (range) 62 (38-81)
Sex Female 128 (54.9)
Male 105 (45.1)
Self-reported color of the skin/etnicitya White 129 (55.4)
Black 17 (7.3)
Brown 80 (34.3)
Asian 5 (2.1)
Missing 2 (.9)
Escolarity Illiterate 4 (1.7)
≤4 years of education 68 (29.2)
>4 and ≤8 years of education 53 (22.7)
>8 and ≤12 years of education 61 (26.2)
>12 years of education 41 (17.6)
Missing 6 (2.6)
Smoking status Smoker 177 (76.0)
Former smoker 56 (24.0)
Pack-years Mean (range) 56.9 (10-302.5)
Median 45
Nicotine dependence grade Low or medium 104 (44.6)
High or very high 123 (52.8)
Missing 6 (2.6)
NLST eligible NLST criteria 183 (78.5)
PLCOm2012 riskb ≥1.5 164 (70.4)
≥1.61 159 (68.2)
≥2.0 136 (58.4)
Provenience Smoking cessation groups 103 (44.2)
On-site opportunistic 130 (55.8)

aSelf-reported color of the skin/ethnicity according to Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

bestimated 6-year risk of lung cancer using PLCOM2012 international model, retrospectively applied to the sample.