Risk factors of inability to live independently in the course of lung cancer

	Groups
	A (n=101)		B (n=33)
SEX	N	%	N	%	χ² = 1.960 p = 0.161
women	44	43.6	19	57.6
men	57	56.4	14	42.4
EDUCATION^a	N	%	N	%	χ² = 3.107 p = 0.376
primary	33	37.5	7	21.2
basic vocational	33	37.5	16	48.5
secondary	17	19.3	7	21.2
higher	5	5.7	3	9.1
HISTOPATHOLOGY^b	N	%	N	%	χ² = 4.024 p = 0.045
small cell lung cancer	11	11.8	0	0
non-small cell lung cancer	82	88.2	31	100
METASTASES^c	N	%	N	%	χ² = 8.933 p = 0.003
no	16	16.8	14	42.4
yes	79	83.2	19	57.6

a no information on 13 patients from group A

b no information on 8 patients from group A and 2 patients from group B

c no information on 6 patients from group A

Table 2

Information on age, BMI (body mass index), and BI (The Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living) in group A and group B (y: years; IQR: interquartile range)

Parameter	Group A (n = 101)	Group B (n = 33)	Statistic	p value
Age, y, median (IQR)	66 (63–70)	65 (63–68)	Z = −0.049	0.961
BMI^a, median (IQR)	23.99 (20.81–26.64)	27.69 (22.31–29.41)	Z = −2.527	0.011
BI^a, median (IQR)	60 (50–65)	90 (85–95)	Z = −8.302	< 0.001

a No information on 16 patients from group A

Table 3

Information on age, BMI (body mass index) and BI (The Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living) in group A in terms of sex (y: years; IQR: interquartile range)

Parameter	Women (N = 44)	Men (N = 57)	Statistic	p value
Age, y, median (IQR)	66 (64–68)	65 (60–70)	Z = −0.841	0.400
BMI^a, median (IQR)	24.61 (19.33–26.77)	23.67 (21.45–26.64)	Z = −0.461	0.645
BI^b, median (IQR)	60 (55–65)	55 (50–65)	Z = −1.546	0.122

a No information on 11 women and 5 men

b No information on 7 women and 9 men

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2022-0050 | Journal eISSN: 1732-2693

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Language: English

Page range: 402 - 406

Submitted on: Feb 6, 2022

Accepted on: Jun 29, 2022

Published on: Sep 12, 2022

Published by: Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy

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Keywords:

lung,

cancer,

Related subjects:

Microbiology and virology,

Medicine,

Basic medical science,

Immunology

© 2022 Marek Tradecki, Jolanta Ziółkowska, Roma Roemer-Ślimak, Grzegorz Mazur, Aleksandra Butrym, published by Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
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