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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients (N = 122)

From: Clinical outcomes and risk factor of immune checkpoint inhibitors-related pneumonitis in non-small cell lung cancer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

Cohort

(N = 122)

Groups(%)

P

COPD

(N = 61)

Non-COPD

(N = 61)

Age

   

0.230

median

66

67

66

 

range

45–89

50–83

45–89

 

Sex

   

0.680

Male

116(95.1)

59(96.7)

57(93.4)

 

Female

6(4.9)

2(3.3)

4(6.6)

 

Smoking history

   

0.073

Never-smokers

36(29.5)

13(21.3)

23(37.7)

 

Ever-smokers

86(70.5)

48(78.7)

38(62.3)

 

Histology

   

0.053

Adenocarcinoma

48(39.4)

19(31.1)

29(47.5)

 

Squamous

67(54.9)

40(65.6)

27(44.3)

 

Others

7(5.7)

2(3.3)

5(8.2)

 

ECOG performance status

   

0.752

0–1

120(98.4)

60(98.4)

60(98.4)

 

2–3

2(1.6)

1(1.6)

1(1.6)

 

Genetic profile

   

0.037

EGFR

4(3.3)

1(1.6)

3(4.9)

 

KRAS

7(5.7)

1(1.6)

6(9.8)

 

Others

3(2.5)

1(1.6)

2(3.3)

 

Negative

36(29.5)

14(23.0)

22(36.1)

 

NA

72(59.0)

44(72.1)

27(44.3)

 

Fibrosis score

   

0.638

0

100(82.0)

49(80.3)

51(83.6)

 

≥1

22(18.0)

12(19.7)

10(16.4)

 

Emphysema score

   

0.003

0

75(62.0)

29(47.5)

46(75.4)

 

≥ 1

47(38.0)

32(52.5)

15(24.6)

 

Baseline spirometry

   

0.642

DLco% predicted*

69.9(16.8)

65.9(15.2)

73.5(17.4)

 

irAE

   

0.211

No

90(73.8)

41(67.2)

49(80.3)

 

CIP

19(15.6)

11(18.0)

8(13.1)

 

Other irAE

13(10.7)

9(14.8)

4(6.6)

 

Treatment line

   

0.847

Adjuvant

21(17.2)

11(18.0)

10(16.4)

 

First-line

77(63.1)

38(62.3)

39(63.9)

 

Second-line

16(13.1)

7(11.5)

9(14.8)

 

Subsequent-line

8(6.6)

5(8.2)

3(4.9)

 
  1. CIP, checkpoint inhibitors related pneumonitis; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DLco, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; KRAS, Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog; NA, not available; irAE, immune-related adverse events
  2. *Values in the table represent means (standard deviation)