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Table 2 Baseline patients’ characteristics of 314 patients with lung cancer for Prehab

From: Pre-treatment optimisation with pulmonary rehabilitation of elderly lung cancer patients with frailty for surgery

Parameter

Descriptor

n

%

Gender

Male

Female

155

159

49.4

50.6

Age in years

Mean (± 95% CI)

71.8 ± 0.9

 

Referral to assessment days

Mean (± 95% CI)

14.4 ± 1.2

 

Stage of lung cancer

IA1

IA2

IA3

IB

IIA

IIB

IIIA

IIIB

IVA

31

49

38

74

13

34

53

14

8

9.9

15.6

12.1

23.6

4.1

10.8

16.8

4.6

2.5

Dyspnoea score

0–2

3–4

150

160

48.4

51.6

Performance status

0–1

2–4

163

147

52.6

47.4

Level of activity

Sedentary

Moderately active

Very active

207

77

27

66.6

24.7

8.7

Frailty

1–3

4–9 (venerable for adverse events)

172

137

55.7

44.3

Smoking habit

Current smoker

Ex- smoker

Never smoked

61

217

35

19.5

69.3

11.2

Smoking cessation advice

Accepted

Declined

None

43

9

8

71.7

15.0

13.3

FEV1 (litres)

Mean (± 95% CI)

1.77 ± 0.07

 

FEV1 (% predicted)

Mean (± 95% CI)

77.01 ± 2.8

 

DLCO (% predicted)

Mean (± 95% CI)

66.2 ± 2.2

 

Thoracoscore (%)

Mean (± 95% CI)

2.7 ± 0.3

 

Six minute walk test (mts)

Mean (± 95% CI)

306.4 ± 15.4

 

Not fit for

Surgery

Any radical treatment

194

185

61.9

58.9

Assessment to surgery days

Mean (± 95% CI)

44.6 ± 6.9

 

Sessions of Pre-hab

Mean (± 95% CI)

3.4 ± 0.5

 
  1. Values are numbers (percentage) unless otherwise stated. CI = confidence interval. Level of activity was measured using the Borg scale and assessments recorded as sedentary, moderately active or active.