Table 1 Demographic and tumour characteristics of study participants with non-small cell lung cancer
From: Pathways to diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer: a descriptive cohort study
Characteristic | n | % (N = 894) |
|---|---|---|
Age at diagnosis, years | ||
45–64 | 195 | 21.8 |
65–79 | 453 | 50.7 |
80+ | 246 | 27.5 |
Sex | ||
Female | 385 | 43.1 |
Male | 509 | 56.9 |
Remoteness of residence | ||
Major cities | 477 | 53.4 |
Inner regional | 314 | 35.1 |
Outer regional/remote | 103 | 11.5 |
Area-based socioeconomic status | ||
Least disadvantaged quintile | 137 | 15.3 |
Quintile 2 | 147 | 16.4 |
Quintile 3 | 176 | 19.7 |
Quintile 4 | 256 | 28.6 |
Most disadvantaged quintile | 178 | 19.9 |
Smoking status at enrolmenta | ||
Current smoker | 217 | 24.3 |
Ex-smoker | 524 | 58.6 |
Never smoked regularly | 150 | 16.8 |
Extent of disease at diagnosis | ||
Localised | 173 | 19.4 |
Regional | 204 | 22.8 |
Distant | 417 | 46.6 |
Unknown | 100 | 11.2 |
Best method of diagnosis | ||
Histopathologically verified | 642 | 71.8 |
Cytology | 169 | 18.9 |
Clinical/imaging/biochemistry | 83 | 9.3 |
Charlson comorbidity score | ||
0 | 682 | 76.3 |
1 | 130 | 14.5 |
≥2 | 82 | 9.2 |
