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Table 3 Patient and tumor characteristics in the thoracic surgery and non-thoracic surgery groups

From: Thin-section computed tomography-determined usual interstitial pneumonia pattern affects the decision-making process for resection in newly diagnosed lung cancer patients: a retrospective study

 

all cases (n = 343)

non-surgery (n = 70)

surgery (n = 273)

p value

Age, yearsa

69.8 (38–88)

70.7 (50–86)

68.8 (38–88)

0.001

Gender, male

68.0 (233)

75.7 (53)

65.9 (180)

0.118

History of smoking

72.3 (248)

80.0 (56)

70.3 (192)

0.107

Diabetes

21.0 (72)

28.6 (20)

19.0 (52)

0.810

Ischemic disease

7.9 (27)

12.9 (9)

6.6 (18)

0.083

Spirometric variables

    

 VCb

109.0 (20.0)

101.8 (25.3)

111.2 (19.0)

0.001

 %FEV1 predictedb

104.1 (23.5)

94.2 (24.7)

106.2 (22.6)

0.011

 FEV1/FVC below 0.7

43.7 (150)

50 (35)

42.1 (115)

0.236

 DLCO, performed

89.8 (308)

58.6 (41)

97.8 (267)

0.001

 DLCO

108.0 (28.8)

96.3 (34.7)

109.9 (27.5)

0.021

Severity of airway obstruction

   

0.049

 Non-COPD

56.3 (193)

50.0 (35)

57.9 (158)

 

 GOLD grade 1

32.9 (113)

37.1 (26)

31.9 (87)

 

 GOLD grade 2

9.0 (31)

7.2 (5)

9.5 (26)

 

 GOLD grade 3

1.7 (6)

5.7 (4)

0.7 (2)

 

 GOLD grade 4

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Thin section CT

   

0.001

 Normal

60.9 (209)

45.7 (32)

64.8 (177)

 

 Emphysema

25.7 (88)

28.6 (20)

24.9 (68)

 

 Fibrosis

13.4 (46)

25.7 (18)

10.9 (28)

 

Severity of emphysema

   

0.065

 Grade 0

62.4 (214)

48.6 (34)

65.9 (180)

 

 Grade 1

24.8 (85)

34.3 (24)

22.3 (61)

 

 Grade 2

9.9 (34)

12.8 (9)

9.2 (25)

 

 Grade 3

2.9 (10)

4.3 (3)

2.6 (7)

 

Severity of fibrosis

   

0.002

 Grade 0

86.6 (297)

74.3 (52)

89.7 (245)

 

 Grade 1

7.0 (24)

10.0 (7)

6.2 (17)

 

 Grade 2

6.4 (22)

15.7 (11)

4.0 (11)

 

Clinical stage

   

0.001

 I

60.6 (208)

37.1 (26)

66.7 (182)

 

 II

21.3 (73)

15.7 (11)

22.7 (62)

 

 III

18.1 (62)

47.1 (33)

10.6 (29)

 

Histology

   

0.006

 Adenocarcinoma

62.7 (215)

48.6 (34)

66.3 (181)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

28.9 (99)

44.3 (31)

24.9 (68)

 

 Othersc

8.5 (29)

7.1 (5)

8.8 (24)

 
  1. n indicates number. aData are shown as mean (range). bData are shown as mean (standard deviation). cOthers include Large, SCLC, NSCLC and carcinoid. All other data are shown as % (number)
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