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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics at baseline

From: PET-CT has low specificity for mediastinal staging of non-small-cell lung cancer in an endemic area for tuberculosis: a diagnostic test study (LACOG 0114)

Characteristic

N (%) or median (min-max) (n = 85)

Age (years)

65.0 (47.0–80.0)

Sex

 Male

49 (57.6%)

 Female

36 (42.4%)

Race

 White

68 (80.0%)

 Black

7 (8.2%)

 Other

10 (11.8%)

Smoking status

 Current

35 (41.2%)

 Former

45 (52.9%)

 Never

5 (5.9%)

Tobacco Exposure (Pack-year)a

45.0 (8.1–120.0)

Comorbities

 Hypertension

40 (47.1%)

 Diabetes

11 (12.9%)

 COPD

30 (35.3%)

 Asthma

9 (10.6%)

 Active Tuberculosis

1 (1.2%)

 HIV positive

0 (0.0%)

  1. Data is presented here as mean (minimum-maximum) or absolute (relative) frequencies. aThis analysis takes into account only the 79 patients that were smokers or former smokers
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