Table 1 Characteristics of lung cancer cases who have never smoked diagnosed between 1998-2019 and matched controls who have never smoked in CPRD-GOLD and CPRD-Aurum

From: Inflammatory diseases and risk of lung cancer among individuals who have never smoked

 

Discoverya data (CPRD-GOLD)

Validationa data (CPRD-Aurum)

Characteristic

Cases (n = 1581)

Controls (n = 14,318)

Cases (n = 2188)

Controls (n = 19,597)

Age (years) at selection/diagnosis, n (%)

 30–39

18 (1.1)

198 (1.4)

38 (1.7)

362 (1.8)

 40–49

77 (4.9)

689 (4.8)

92 (4.2)

917 (4.7)

 50–59

168 (10.6)

1581 (11.0)

249 (11.4)

2359 (12.0)

 60–69

356 (22.5)

3240 (22.6)

445 (20.3)

4189 (21.4)

 70–79

522 (33.0)

4560 (31.8)

681 (31.1)

6113 (31.2)

 80–89

440 (27.9)

4050 (28.3)

683 (31.2)

5657 (28.9)

Female, n (%)

891 (56.4)

8338 (58.2)

1265 (57.8)

11471 (58.5)

Year of practice registration, n (%)

 1980 and earlier

409 (26.0)

3588 (25.1)

551 (25.2)

4612 (23.5)

 1981–1990

325 (20.6)

2893 (20.2)

479 (21.9)

4351 (22.2)

 1991–2000

430 (27.2)

3793 (26.5)

618 (28.2)

5663 (28.9)

 2001–2010

335 (21.2)

3246 (22.7)

403 (18.4)

3697 (18.9)

 2011–2018

82 (5.2)

798 (5.6)

137 (6.3)

1274 (6.5)

Index year, n (%)

 1989–1994

43 (2.7)

343 (2.4)

9 (0.4)

74 (0.4)

 1995–2000

173 (10.9)

1455 (10.2)

256 (11.7)

2322 (11.8)

 2001–2006

397 (25.1)

3221 (22.5)

523 (23.9)

4645 (23.7)

 2007–2012

534 (33.8)

5024 (35.1)

671 (30.7)

5985 (30.5)

 2013–2019

434 (27.5)

4275 (29.9)

729 (33.3)

6571 (33.5)

Duration of registration in practice, year (IQR)

15.1 (6.3, 28.5)

14.9 (6.3, 28.3)

16.2 (7.4, 28.3)

15.6 (7.32,27.4)

Body Mass Index (kg/m2), n (%)

 Underweight (< 18.5)

19 (1.2)

196 (1.4)

41 (1.9)

269 (1.4)

 Normal weight (18.5–24.9)

459 (29.0)

3937 (27.5)

671 (30.7)

5774 (29.5)

 Overweight (25.0–29.9)

467 (29.5)

4246 (29.7)

722 (33.0)

5857 (29.9)

 Obese (≥ 30.0)

248 (15.7)

2294 (16.0)

331 (15.1)

3250 (16.6)

 Missing

388 (24.5)

3645 (25.5)

423 (19.3)

4447 (22.7)

Alcohol Consumption, n (%)

 Current

824 (52.1)

7103 (49.6)

1574 (71.9)

13204 (67.4)

 Former

95 (6.0)

804 (5.6)

34 (1.6)

394 (2.0)

 Never

267 (16.9)

2252 (15.7)

134 (6.1)

1021 (5.2)

 Missing

395 (25.0)

4159 (29.0)

446 (20.4)

4978 (25.4)

Region, n (%)

 East Midlands

29 (1.8)

276 (1.9)

60 (2.7)

543 (2.8)

 East of England

73 (4.6)

679 (4.7)

133 (6.1)

1226 (6.3)

 London

177 (11.2)

1563 (10.9)

271 (12.4)

2325 (11.9)

 North East

9 (22.5)

56 (0.4)

105 (4.8)

1027 (5.2)

 North West

138 (33.0)

1245 (8.7)

395 (18.1)

3338 (17.0)

 Northern Ireland

45 (2.8)

458 (3.2)

 Scotland

355 (22.5)

3153 (22.0)

 South Central

111 (7.0)

999 (7.0)

221 (10.1)

1987 (10.1)

 South East Coast

144 (9.1)

1334 (9.3)

175 (8.0)

1494 (7.6)

 South West

100 (6.3)

925 (6.5)

330 (15.1)

3085 (15.7)

 Wales

256 (16.2)

2388 (16.7)

 West Midlands

112 (7.1)

976 (6.8)

398 (18.2)

3589 (18.3)

 Yorkshire and the Humber

32 (2.0)

266 (1.9)

100 (4.6)

983 (5.0)

  1. IQR interquartile range.
  2. aSmall differences in matching factors were attributable to the identification of individuals reporting a history of smoking after the selection date. We excluded these persons from the study.