Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the OS and PFS cohorts.

From: Machine learning models for identifying predictors of clinical outcomes with first-line immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Variable

OS cohort

(n = 7868)

PFS cohort

(n = 6303)

Age on index date, years, mean ± SD

69.6 ± 9.4

69.6 ± 9.5

Sex, n (%)

Female

3371 (42.8)

2736 (43.4)

Male

4496 (57.1)

3567 (56.6)

Race, n (%)

Asian

117 (1.5)

92 (1.5)

Black or African American

703 (8.9)

568 (9.0)

Other

731 (9.3)

584 (9.3)

White

5514 (70.1)

4402 (69.8)

Unknown

803 (10.2)

657 (10.4)

Ethnicity, n (%)

Hispanic or Latino

239 (3.0)

194 (3.1)

Non-Hispanic

7629 (97.0)

6109 (96.0)

Practice type, n (%)

Academic

551 (7.0)

476 (7.6)

Community

7317 (93.0)

5827 (92.4)

Payer, n (%)

Commercial

4279 (54.4)

3460 (54.9)

Medicare

1693 (21.5)

1348 (21.4)

Medicaid

129 (1.6)

107 (1.7)

Other/unknown

1767 (22.5)

1388 (22.0)

Region, n (%)

Midwest

1085 (13.8)

854 (13.5)

Northeast

1504 (19.1)

1183 (18.8)

South

3505 (44.5)

2831 (44.9)

West

1090 (13.9)

860 (13.6)

Unknown

684 (8.7)

575 (9.1)

ECOG performance status before or on the index date, n (%)

0

1829 (23.2)

1476 (23.4)

1

2806 (35.7)

2241 (35.6)

2

1140 (14.5)

907 (14.4)

3

246 (3.1)

191 (3.0)

4

13 (0.2)

11 (0.2)

Missing

1834 (23.3)

1477 (23.4)

Histology, n (%)

NSCLC histology NOS

367 (4.7)

288 (4.6)

Non-squamous cell carcinoma

5155 (65.5)

4310 (68.4)

Squamous cell carcinoma

2346 (29.8)

1705 (27.1)

Smoking status, n (%)

History of smoking

7225 (91.8)

5792 (91.9)

No history of smoking

638 (8.1)

507 (8.0)

Unknown/not documented

5 (0.1)

4 (0.1)

Stage at initial diagnosis, n (%)

Stage 0/I

573 (7.3)

459 (7.3)

Stage II

467 (5.9)

298 (4.7)

Stage IIIA

1071 (13.6)

631 (10.0)

Stage IIIB/C

281 (3.6)

231 (3.7)

Stage IV

5264 (66.9)

4546 (72.1)

Unknown

212 (2.7)

138 (2.2)

Year of initial NSCLC diagnosis

2017.8 (1.9)

2018.1 (1.7)

Year of advanced NSCLC diagnosis

2018.3 (1.3)

2018.5 (1.2)

Systemic treatment, n (%)

ICI only

2685 (34.1)

2685 (42.6)

ICI and chemotherapy

4328 (55.0)

3592 (57.0)

ICI and other

855 (10.9)

26 (0.4)

Outcome

Follow-up days, mean ± SD

350.5 ± 346.4

260.3 ± 297.4

Observed events, n (%)

4879 (62.0)

5073 (80.5)

  1. ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; NOS, not otherwise specified; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; SD, standard deviation.