Table 1 Baseline characteristics of lung cancer patients according to frailty status, NHIS 1997–2018.
Characteristics | Robust 1133 (63.7%) | Pre-frail 233 (13.1%) | Frail 412 (23.2%) | P-value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 67.7 (12.1) | 68.3 (10.8) | 70.6 (9.5) | 0.003 |
Sex, % | 0.146 | |||
Women | 586 (51.7) | 106 (45.5) | 198 (48.1) | |
Men | 547 (48.3) | 127 (54.5) | 214 (51.9) | |
Race/ethnicity, % | < 0.001 | |||
White | 698 (61.6) | 154 (66.1) | 79 (19.2) | |
Black | 105 (9.3) | 28 (12.0) | 16 (3.9) | |
Asian | 8 (0.7) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
Other | 322 (28.4) | 50 (21.5) | 317 (76.9) | |
Education level, % | 0.014 | |||
< High school | 523 (46.2) | 116 (49.8) | 227 (55.1) | |
High school graduate | 221 (19.5) | 40 (17.3) | 67 (16.2) | |
> High school | 389 (34.3) | 77 (32.9) | 118 (28.7) | |
Health insurance, % | 0.007 | |||
Yes | 1118 (98.7) | 227 (97.4) | 396 (96.1) | |
No | 15 (1.3) | 6 (2.6) | 16 (3.9) | |
Marital status, % | 0.824 | |||
Married | 477 (42.1) | 93 (39.9) | 171 (41.5) | |
Unmarried | 656 (57.9) | 140 (60.1) | 241 (58.5) | |
Region, % | 0.911 | |||
Northeast | 210 (19.1) | 37 (16.1) | 65 (17.5) | |
Midwest | 260 (23.6) | 62 (27.0) | 93 (24.9) | |
South | 436 (39.6) | 90 (39.1) | 149 (39.9) | |
West | 194 (17.6) | 41 (17.8) | 66 (17.7) | |
Depression, % | < 0.001 | |||
No | 1093 (96.5) | 212 (91.0) | 381 (92.5) | |
Yes | 40 (3.5) | 21 (9.0) | 31 (7.5) | |
Time since cancer diagnosis | < 0.001 | |||
< 2 years | 140 (12.4%) | 42 (18.1%) | 108 (26.3%) | |
≥ 2 years | 993 (87.6%) | 191 (81.9%) | 304 (73.7%) | |
Number of cancer diagnoses | < 0.001 | |||
1 | 992 (87.5%) | 197 (84.7%) | 321 (78.0%) | |
≥ 2 | 141 (12.5%) | 36 (15.3%) | 91 (22.0%) | |
Number of comorbidities | < 0.001 | |||
0–1 | 700 (61.8%) | 120 (51.5%) | 100 (24.3%) | |
2–3 | 300 (26.5%) | 80 (34.3%) | 180 (43.7%) | |
≥ 4 | 133 (11.7%) | 33 (14.2%) | 132 (32.0%) |
