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Table 1 Demographics, comorbidities, and nodule characteristics of individuals with incidental nodules

From: Assessing the impact of socioeconomic status on incidental lung nodules at an urban safety net hospital

Demographics

Age (years)

 Median

 25th to 75th percentile

65

58 to 74

Sex

 Male

145 (54.1%)

 Female

123 (45.9%)

Race/Ethnicity

 African American

71 (26.5%)

 Asian

6 (2.2%)

 Nonwhite Hispanic

150 (56.0%)

 White

41 (15.3%)

Comorbidities

 Hypertension

180 (67.2%)

 Diabetes

86 (32.1%)

 Asthma

73 (27.2%)

 COPD

93 (34.7%)

 Current/former smokera

200 (74.5%)

 History of COVID-19

54 (20.1%)

Nodules/Mass Characteristics

 Nodule Size (mm)  

 Median

 25 th to 75 th percentile

9

5 to 16

 Nodule < 6 mm

 

 Nodule 6–8 mm

56 (20.9%)

 Nodule > 8 mm

109 (40.7%)

 Mass (> 30 mm)

29 (10.8%)

  1. aCurrent/former smoker, 2 individuals missing data