Table 1 Summary Statistics of the Lung Cancer Patients.

From: A Temporal Examination of Platelet Counts as a Predictor of Prognosis in Lung, Prostate, and Colon Cancer Patients

Characteristics

Total n (% of 21,919)

# of plt counts median (25th–75th percentile)

5-Year OS n (% of Total Column)

Mean Platelet Count (±SD)

p-value (from mean platelet count)

Overall

21,919 (100%)

17 (13–23)

6,693 (31%)

242 ± 86

 

Age(years)

<60

2,819 (13%)

18 (14–24)

1,018 (36%)

259 ± 75

P < 0.0001

≥60

19,100 (87%)

17 (13–23)

5,675 (30%)

240 ± 72

Gender

  Female

526 (2%)

17 (13–22)

208 (40%)

272 ± 80

P < 0.0001

  Male

21,393 (98%)

17 (13–23)

6,485 (30%)

241 ± 72

Cancer stage

  I/II

9,458 (43%)

17 (13–23)

4,632 (49%)

236 ± 70

P < 0.0001

  III/IV

12,461 (57%)

17 (13–23)

2,061 (17%)

247 ± 73

Race

  Black

3,652 (17%)

18 (14–24)

1,197 (33%)

249 ± 75

P < 0.0001

  White

17,875 (82%)

17 (13–23)

5,370 (30%)

241 ± 71

  Asian

76 (0.03%)

16 (13–22)

28 (37%)

252 ± 72

  Other

316 (1.4%)

17 (12–23)

98 (31%)

247 ± 84

Smoking

  Never

545 (2.5%)

18 (13–24)

215 (40%)

227 ± 60

P < 0.0001

  Previously

8,451 (39%)

17 (13–23)

2,560 (30%)

236 ± 70

  Current

10,041 (46%)

17 (13–23)

2,996 (30%)

247 ± 74

  Unknown

2,882 (13%)

18 (14–23)

922 (32%)

242 ± 76

Treatment*

  Surgery

6,332 (29%)

16 (12–22)

3,580 (57%)

240 ± 69

P = 0.02

  Chemotherapy

11,399 (52%)

18 (14–23)

2,584 (23%)

244 ± 70

  Radiation

9,742 (44%)

18 (14–24)

2,466 (25%)

242 ± 72

  Immunotherapy

188 (0.08%)

18 (14–25)

81 (43%)

243 ± 76

  Unknown

1,995 (9%)

17 (13–24)

366 (18%)

242 ± 76

  1. *The total does not add up to 100% because some patients had more than one treatment.