Table 2 Characteristics of the lung cancer patients. All patients, patients from control and intervention GPs, and patients for whom the GP was involved in the diagnosis of the lung cancer

All: n

331

171

(51.7)

160

(48.3)

97

(70.8)

82

Gender:

Male

157

(47.4)

91

(53.2)

66

(41.3)

0.029^a

46

(47.4)

40

(48.8)

0.459^a

Female

174

(52.6)

80

(46.8)

94

(58.7)

51

(52.6)

42

(51.2)

Age:

Mean (95%CI)

69.4

(68.4–70.5)

69.6

(68.1–70.5)

69.3

(67.7–70.8)

0.799^a

69.8

(67.8–71.7)

68.3

(66.2–70.4)

0.830^b

Range

40–97 yrs.

40–97 yrs.

44–86 yrs.

45–89 yrs.

44–86 yrs.

40–59 yrs

61

(18.4)

33

(19.3)

28

(17.5)

0.904^b

19

(47.5)

16

(19.5)

0.440^c

60–79 yrs

222

(67.0)

111

(64.9)

111

(69.4)

63

(64.9)

59

(72.0)

80+

48

(14.5)

27

(15.8)

21

(13.1)

15

(15.4)

7

(8.5)

Education:

<10 yrs

136

(41.1)

67

(39.2)

69

(43.1)

0.733^b

35

(36.1)

37

(45.1)

0.434^c

10–15

146

(44.1)

77

(45.0)

69

(43.1)

45

(46.4)

33

(40.3)

>15 yrs

40

(12.1)

20

(11.7)

20

(12.5)

13

(13.4)

11

(13.4)

Unknown

9

(2.7)

7

(4.1)

2

(1.3)

4

(4.1)

1

(1.2)

Marital status

Cohabitating

172

(52.0)

88

(51.5)

84

(52.5)

0.850^a

55

(56.7)

44

(53.7)

0.422^a

Living alone

159

(48.0)

83

(48.5)

76

(47.5)

42

(43.3)

38

(46.3)

Comorbidity -questionnaire

Yes

231

(69.8)

83

(85.6)

69

(84.1)

0.663^a

No

35

(10.6)

13

(13.4)

13

(15.9)

Unknown

65

(19.6)

1

(1.0)

0