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Table 1 The baseline clinicopathologic characteristics of underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese patients with stage I NSCLC, stratified by BMI

From: Effect of body mass index on survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Characteristic

Overall (cases)

Underweight [cases (%)]

Normal weight [cases (%)]

Overweight [cases (%)]

Obese [cases (%)]

P value

Total

624

44

245

306

29

 

Gender

     

0.668

 Male

408 (65.4)

26 (13.6)

166 (67.8)

198 (64.7)

18 (62.1)

 

 Female

216 (34.6)

18 (86.4)

79 (32.2)

108 (35.3)

11 (37.9)

 

Age (years)

     

0.991

 <60

285 (45.7)

20 (2.3)

114 (46.5)

138 (45.1)

13 (44.8)

 

 ≥60

339 (54.3)

24 (97.7)

131 (53.5)

168 (54.9)

16 (55.2)

 

Smoking

     

0.001

 Never

318 (51.0)

23 (4.5)

101 (41.2)

178 (58.2)

16 (55.2)

 

 Current or ever

306 (49.0)

21 (95.5)

144 (58.8)

128 (41.8)

13 (44.8)

 

Hypertension

     

<0.001

 With

150 (24.0)

6 (13.6)

38 (15.5)

93 (30.4)

13 (44.8)

 

 Without

474 (76.0)

38 (86.4)

207 (84.5)

213 (69.6)

16 (55.2)

 

Diabetes

     

0.318

 With

46 (7.4)

1 (2.3)

18 (7.3)

23 (7.5)

4 (13.8)

 

 Without

578 (92.6)

43 (97.7)

227 (92.7)

283 (92.5)

25 (86.2)

 

Heart disease

     

0.482

 With

18 (2.9)

2 (4.5)

7 (2.9)

7 (2.3)

2 (6.9)

 

 Without

606 (97.1)

42 (95.5)

238 (97.1)

299 (97.7)

27 (93.1)

 

FEV1/FVC (%)

     

0.011

 <70

83 (13.3)

11 (25.0)

40 (16.3)

30 (9.8)

2 (6.9)

 

 ≥70

541 (86.7)

33 (75.0)

205 (83.7)

276 (90.2)

27 (93.1)

 

Type of surgery

     

0.979

 Open thoracotomy

537 (86.1)

37 (84.1)

210 (85.7)

264 (86.3)

25 (86.2)

 

 VATS

87 (13.9)

7 (15.9)

35 (14.3)

42(13.7)

4 (13.8)

 

Extent of resection

     

0.681

 Lobectomy or bilobectomy

611 (97.9)

44 (100.0)

239 (97.6)

299 (97.7)

29 (100.0)

 

 Pneumonectomy

13 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

6 (2.4)

7 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

 

Adjuvant chemotherapy

     

0.967

 Absent

486 (77.9)

34 (77.3)

193 (78.8)

236 (77.1)

23 (79.3)

 

 Present

138 (22.1)

10 (22.7)

52 (21.2)

70 (22.9)

6 (20.7)

 

Histological type

     

0.432

 Adenocarcinoma

406 (65.1)

29 (65.9)

152 (62.0)

203 (66.3)

22 (75.9)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

140 (22.4)

12 (27.3)

62 (25.3)

63 (20.6)

3 (10.3)

 

 Other NSCLC

78 (12.5)

3 (6.8)

31 (12.7)

40 (13.1)

4 (13.8)

 

Histologic differentiation

     

0.131

 Poor

212 (34.0)

17 (38.6)

94 (38.4)

92 (30.1)

9 (31.0)

 

 Moderate

300 (48.1)

17 (38.6)

113 (46.1)

159 (52.0)

11 (37.9)

 

 Well

112 (17.9)

10 (22.7)

38 (15.5)

55 (18.0)

9 (31.0)

 

Visceral pleural invasion

     

0.005

 Absent

408 (65.4)

32 (72.7)

140 (57.1)

212 (69.3)

23 (79.3)

 

 Present

216 (34.6)

12 (27.3)

105 (42.9)

94 (30.7)

6 (20.7)

 

T stage

     

<0.001

 T1a

132 (21.2)

10 (22.7)

36 (14.7)

78 (25.5)

8 (27.6)

 

 T1b

113 (18.1)

13 (29.5)

31 (12.7)

59 (19.3)

9 (31.0)

 

 T2a

379 (60.7)

21 (47.7)

178 (72.7)

169 (55.2)

12 (41.4)

 

Clinical TNM stage

     

<0.001

 IA

245 (39.3)

23 (52.3)

67 (27.3)

137 (44.8)

17 (58.6)

 

 IB

379 (60.7)

21 (47.7)

178 (72.7)

169 (55.2)

12 (41.4)

 
  1. Underweight BMI < 18.5 kg/m2; normal weight BMI 18.5–22.4 kg/m2; overweight BMI = 22.5–28.0 kg/m2; obese BMI > 28.0 kg/m2
  2. NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, BMI body mass index, FEV1/FVC forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity, VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery