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Table 1 Baseline variables and risk of hospitalization

From: Hospitalization and definitive radiotherapy in lung cancer: incidence, risk factors and survival impact

Characteristic

N = 270, n (%)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Patient Characteristics

 Agea (years)

  Median

66.6

1.0 (1.0–1.0)

0.80

  Range

31–88

  

 Gender

  Female (reference)

134 (49.6)

  

  Male

136 (50.4)

1.1 (0.6–2.1)

0.69

 Race

  Black (reference)

76 (28.1)

  

  Caucasian

168 (62.2)

1.4 (0.7–2.8)

0.39

  Other

26 (9.6)

0.10 (0.01–1.8)

0.12

 Marital Status

  Partnered (reference)

163 (60.4)

  

  Un-partnered

107 (39.6)

0.8 (0.4–1.5)

0.41

Tumor Characteristics

 Stage Summary

  I-III (reference)

206 (76.3)

  

  IV

32 (11.9)

0.9 (0.3–2.4)

0.79

  Loco-regional recurrence

32 (11.9)

0.7 (0.2–2.0)

0.50

 Histology

  Adenocarcinoma (reference)

144 (53.3)

  

  Squamous cell carcinoma

88 (32.6)

1.9 (1.0–3.8)

0.06

  Small cell carcinoma

11 (4.1)

1.7 (0.4–7.8)

0.50

  Other

27 (10)

2.0 (0.7–5.4)

0.12

Treatment Characteristics

 Concurrent chemo summary

  Full Dose (reference)

141(52.2)

  

  Sensitizing

93 (34.4)

1.0 (0.5–1.9)

0.89

  No chemo

36 (13.3)

0.4 (0.1–1.4)

0.17

Baseline Frailty Markers

 ECOG PSa

N = 257

  

  Median

1

1.7 (1.0–2.9)

0.07

  Range

0–3

  

 CCIa

N = 270

  

  Median

5

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

0.73

  Range

2–16

  

 Patient reported weight loss

N = 269

  

  No (reference)

100 (37.2)

  

  Yes

169 (62.8)

1.0 (0.5–1.8)

0.90

 BMI (kg/m2)

N = 270

  

   > 20 (reference)

244 (90.4)

  

   ≤ 20

26 (9.6)

1.9 (0.8–4.9)

0.16

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

N = 259

  

   > 10 (reference)

233 (90.0)

  

   ≤ 10

26 (10.0)

3.3 (1.4–7.9)

0.01

 Creatinine (mg/dL)

N = 258

  

   ≤ 1.1 (reference)

206 (79.8)

  

   > 1.1

52 (20.2)

1.1 (0.5–2.3)

0.91

 Albuminb (g/dL)

N = 254

  

  Median

3.7

3.1 (1.6–5.9)

< 0.01

  Range

2.3–4.8

  
  1. a Odds ratio corresponds to 1 point increase in age, ECOG, and CCI
  2. b Odds ratio corresponds to 1 g/dL decrease in albumin
  3. OR odds ratio; ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index; BMI body mass index