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Table 2 Comparison of respondents and non-respondents

From: Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung cancer care and patient health in a German lung cancer center: results from a cross-sectional questionnaire

 

Respondents (n = 93)

Non-respondents (n = 153)

p-value

 

Mean

sd

Mean

sd

Mean age (sd)

66.9

10.4

67.7

12.3

0.71a

 

n

%

n

%

 

Female

40

43.0

67

43.8

1.00b

Male

53

57.0

86

56.2

Histology

     

 Adenocarcinoma

51

54.8

77

50.3

0.58b

 Squamous-cell carcinoma

16

17.2

29

19.0

0.86b

 SCLC

4

4.3

6

3.9

1.00c

 Mediastinal tumor

3

3.2

9

5.9

0.54c

 Other

16

17.2

20

13.1

0.48b

 Unknown

3

3.2

12

7.8

0.23c

Stage at diagnosis

     

 I

26

28.0

43

28.1

1.00b

 II

12

12.9

17

11.1

0.82b

 III

26

28.0

32

20.9

0.45b

 IV

25

26.9

41

26.8

0.66b

 Unknown

4

4.3

20

13.1

0.02c

  1. Comparison of patient characteristics of respondents and non-respondents as means with standard deviation for numeric and relative and absolute frequencies of categorical variables. P-values from Chi2 and Fisher-Exact Test (n in cell < 6) for categorical and from T-Test for numerical variables
  2. Sd standard deviation, SCLC small-cell lung cancer
  3. aT-test
  4. bChi2-Test
  5. cFisher-Exact Test