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Table 3 Characteristics of lung cancer status among non-COPD and COPD patients

From: Clinical impact of prevalence and severity of COPD on the decision-making process for therapeutic management of lung cancer patients

 

All cases (n = 270)

Non-COPD (n = 123)

COPD (n = 147)

p value

Pathology

   

0.0001 #

Adenocarcinoma

53.7 (145)

69.9 (86)

40.1 (59) ##

 

Sq

27.0 (73)

17.9 (22)

34.7 (52) ##

 

NSCLC

10.4 (28)

4.9 (6)

15.0 (21) ##

 

SCLC

6.7 (18)

5.7 (7)

7.5 (11)

 

Large

2.2 (6)

1.6 (2)

2.7 (4)

 

Clinical stage

   

0.046 #

1A

25.6 (69)

30.8 (38)

21.1 (31)

 

1B

13.7 (37)

13.0 (16)

13.6 (20)

 

2A

9.6 (26)

13.0 (16)

7.5 (11)

 

2B

7.8 (21)

9.8 (12)

6.1 (9)

 

3A

11.9 (32)

8.9 (11)

14.3 (21)

 

3B

5.6 (15)

4.1 (5)

6.8 (10)

 

4

17.0 (46)

16.3 (20)

17.7 (26)

 

ND

8.9 (24)

4.1 (5)

12.9 (19) ##

 

Thoracic surgery

   

0.0001 #

Yes

138 (51.1)

64.2 (79)

40.1 (59)

 

EGFR mutation status

   

0.001 #

Yes

14.8 (40)

21.1 (26)

9.5 (14) ##

 

No

55.2 (149)

59.3 (73)

51.7 (76)

 

ND

30.0 (81)

19.5 (24)

38.8 (57) ##

 
  1. n indicates number.
  2. All data are shown as% (numbers).
  3. ND indicates “not determined”.
  4. #p < 0.05.
  5. ##indicates a significant difference compared with the non-COPD group.
  6. COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Sq: squamous cell carcinoma; NSCLC: non-small cell lung carcinoma; SCLC: small cell lung carcinoma; Large: large cell carcinoma; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor.