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Table 1 Patients characteristics, all cancers and lung cancer subgroup

From: Estimation of minimally important differences in EQ-5D utility and VAS scores in cancer

 

All cancers (n = 534)

Lung cancer (n = 50)

Characteristic

Age (mean, SD)

59 (12)

62 (10)

Gender – female (n, %)

258 (48%)

26 (59%)

Race (n)

  

   White

474 (89%)

40 (91%)

   Black

44 (8%)

3 (7%)

   Other

15 (3%)

1 (2%)

Of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino ancestry

16 (3%)

0 (0%)

ECOG level

  

   0

132 (25%)

8 (18%)

   1

263 (49%)

30 (68%)

   2

76 (14%)

5 (11%)

   3

15 (3%)

1 (2%)

  1. ECOG – Eastern Cancer Oncology Group (ranges from grade 0 which is fully active to grade 3, capable of only limited self-care and confined to bed more than 50% of waking hours)