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Table 4 Demographic Characteristics of Patients Screened by the Lung Cancer Screening Program

From: Black patients referred to a lung cancer screening program experience lower rates of screening and longer time to follow-up

 

All Screened Patients

(n = 477)

Black Patients

(n = 201)

White Patients

(n = 276)

p-value

Mean Age ± SD

64.3 ± 5.9

64.1 ± 6.0

64.3 ± 5.9

0.943

Sex

   

<  0.001

• Female

253 (53.0%)

126 (62.7%)

127 (46.0%)

 

• Male

224 (47.0%)

75 (37.3%)

149 (54.0%)

 

Mean BMI ± SD

28.5 ± 6.1

29.4 ± 6.6

27.9 ± 5.7

0.015

COPD

   

0.144

• Yes

158 (33.1%)

74 (36.8%)

84 (30.4%)

 

• No

319 (66.9%)

127 (63.2%)

192 (69.6%)

 

Family History of Lung Cancer

   

0.530

• Yes

82 (17.2%)

32 (15.9%)

50 (18.1%)

 

• No

395 (82.8%)

169 (84.1%)

226 (81.9%)

 

Smoking Status

   

0.033

• Current Smoker

273 (57.2%)

128 (63.7%)

145 (52.5%)

 

• Former Smoker

196 (41.1%)

73 (36.3%)

123 (44.6%)

 

• Unknown

8 (1.6%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (2.8%)

 

Mean Pack-Years ± SD

48.5 ± 23.9

43.4 ± 18.1)

53.1 ± 27.3

< 0.001