Table 2.
Characteristic | Non-cancer, n = 26 | Cancer, n = 6 | |
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Patient demographics | |||
Age—years | mean (Range) | 65 (52–79) | 64 (49–76) |
Male | n (%) | 15 (57.8) | 6 (100) |
Female | n (%) | 11 (42.3) | 0 |
Race | |||
White | n (%) | 20 (76.9) | 5 (83.3) |
Non-white | n (%) | 2 (7.7) | 1 (16.7) |
Not available | n (%) | 4 (15.4) | 0 |
Ethnicity | |||
Hispanic | n (%) | 5 (19.2) | 0 |
Non-Hispanic | n (%) | 17 (65.4) | 6 (100) |
Not available | n (%) | 4 (15.4) | 0 |
Smoking status | |||
Never | n (%) | 0 | 1 (16.7) |
Former | n (%) | 14 (53.8) | 2 (33.3) |
Pack years | mean (SD) | 60.1 (27.3) | 90 and 25a |
Current | n (%) | 11 (42.4) | 3 (50.0) |
Pack years | mean (SD) | 52.4 (27.7) | 75.0 (37.0) |
Not available | n (%) | 1 (3.8) | 0 |
Comorbidities | |||
COPD | n (%) | 9 (34.6) | 3 (50.0) |
Emphysema | n (%) | 4 (15.4) | 1 (16.7) |
Asthma | n (%) | 1 (3.8) | 0 |
Bronchitis | n (%) | 1 (3.8) | 0 |
Cancer | n (%) | 1 (3.8) | 2 (33.3) |
Not available | n (%) | 2 (7.7) | 0 |
n: number of samples
aIndividual values are shown instead of mean (SD)