Table 1 Baseline characteristics comparison between patients with and without synchronous bone metastasis.

From: Machine learning for synchronous bone metastasis risk prediction in high grade lung neuroendocrine carcinoma

Variables

Total, N = 21,809 (%)

Patients without synchronous BM, N = 16,784 (%)

Patients with synchronous BM, N = 5025 (%)

P value

Age (years), Median, IQR

67 (60, 74)

67 (60, 74)

66 (59, 73)

 < 0.001

Race

   

 < 0.001

 White

18,848 (86)

14,373 (86)

4475 (89)

 

 Black

1969 (9)

1596 (10)

373 (7)

 

 Others

992 (5)

815 (5)

177 (4)

 

Sex

   

 < 0.001

 Male

10,963 (50)

8145 (49)

2818 (56)

 

 Female

10,846 (50)

8639 (51)

2207 (44)

 

Primary site

   

0.001

 Main bronchus

2534 (12)

1910 (11)

624 (12)

 

 Upper lobe of lung

10,852 (50)

8442 (50)

2410 (48)

 

 Middle lobe of lung

876 (4)

703 (4)

173 (3)

 

 Lower lobe of lung

4547 (21)

3480 (21)

1067 (21)

 

 Overlapping lesion of lung

334 (2)

250 (1)

84 (2)

 

 Lung, NOS

2666 (12)

1999 (12)

667 (13)

 

Laterality

   

 < 0.001

 Left

8974 (41)

6851 (41)

2123 (42)

 

 Right

12,254 (56)

9525 (57)

2729 (54)

 

 Bilateral, single primary

189 (1)

124 (1)

65 (1)

 

 Paired site

309 (1)

216 (1)

93 (2)

 

 Others

83

68

15

 

Histology type

   

 < 0.001

 SCLC

20,539 (94)

15,733 (94)

4806 (96)

 

 LCNEC

1270 (6)

1051 (6)

219 (4)

 

T stage

   

 < 0.001

 T1

2760 (13)

2325 (14)

435 (9)

 

 T2

5868 (27)

4586 (27)

1282 (26)

 

 T3

4839 (22)

3650 (22)

1189 (24)

 

 T4

8342 (38)

6223 (37)

2119 (42)

 

N stage

   

 < 0.001

 N0

3501 (16)

3049 (18)

452 (9)

 

 N1

1628 (7)

1330 (8)

298 (6)

 

 N2

11,900 (55)

9095 (54)

2805 (56)

 

 N3

4780 (22)

3310 (20)

1470 (29)

 

Marital status

   

 < 0.001

 Married

10,558 (48)

7942 (47)

2616 (52)

 

 Others

11,251 (52)

8842 (53)

2409 (48)

 

Brain metastasis

   

 < 0.001

 Yes

3642 (17)

2595 (15)

1047 (21)

 

 No

18,167 (83)

14,189 (85)

3978 (79)

 

Liver metastasis

   

 < 0.001

 Yes

6404 (29)

3656 (22)

2748 (55)

 

 No

15,405 (71)

13,128 (78)

2277 (45)

 

Lung metastasis

   

 < 0.001

 Yes

3194 (15)

2064 (12)

1130 (22)

 

 No

18,615 (85)

14,720 (88)

3895 (78)

 
  1. IQR interquartile range, NOS not otherwise specified, SCLC small cell lung cancer, LCNEC large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. Those without given proportion indicate a proportion less than 0.5%