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Table 4 Characteristics of lung cancer in patients with IPF or non-IPF ILD compared to Pennsylvania state data

From: Characteristics of lung cancer among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease – analysis of institutional and population data

Variables

Lung cancer with IPF

Lung cancer with non-IPF ILD

Lung cancer in general population in Pennsylvania

p-value (column 1 vs. 3)

N

Results

N

Results

N

Results

Laterality

31

 

16

 

100,949

 

0.4

 Left

 

14 (45%)

 

7 (44%)

 

41,745 (41%)

 

 Right

 

16 (52%)

 

7 (44%)

 

57,566 (57%)

 

 Bilateral

 

1 (3%)

 

2 (12%)

 

1638 (2%)

 

Primary site

27

 

13

 

85,087

 

< 0.001

 Upper lobe

 

8 (27%)

 

6 (46%)

 

53,288 (63%)

 

 Lower lobe

 

17 (63%)

 

6 (46%)

 

30,422 (36%)

 

 Others

 

2 (7%)

 

1 (8%)

 

1377 (2%)

 

Histology

27

 

16

 

104,954

 

0.07

 SCC

 

11 (41%)

 

3 (19%)

 

30,596 (29%)

 

 Adenocarcinoma

 

7 (26%)

 

10 (63%)

 

49,217 (47%)

 

 Other

 

9 (33%)

 

3 (19%)

 

25,141 (24%)

 

Stage

29

 

16

 

83,994

 

0.6

 I

 

9 (31%)

 

4 (25%)

 

19,000 (23%)

 

 II

 

2 (7%)

 

1 (6%)

 

4312 (5%)

 

 III

 

7 (24%)

 

6 (38%)

 

21,730 (26%)

 

 IV

 

11 (38%)

 

5 (31%)

 

38,952 (46%)

 
  1. Definition of abbreviations: SCC squamous cell cancer, NA not available. Column 1 = Lung cancer with IPF; column 2 = Lung cancer with non-IPF ILD; column 3 = Lung cancer in general population in Pennsylvania