Research Article
Cerebral Microinfarcts Are Common in Undiagnosed Lung Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study
Table 1
Comparison between other cancer group, lung cancer group, and noncancerous group.
| | Noncancer control group, (%) | Nonlung cancer control group, (%) | Lung cancer, (%) | value |
| | Demographic data | | | | | Age (mean ± SD) | | | | <0.01 | | Gender (female) | 236 (62%) | 437 (75%) | 160 (42%) | <0.01 | | Comorbidities | | | | | Congestive heart failure | 10 (3%) | 32 (5%) | 10 (3%) | 0.11 | | Hypertension | 187 (49%) | 279 (48%) | 205 (53%) | 0.08 | | Diabetes mellitus | 84 (22%) | 171 (29%) | 113 (29%) | 0.02 | | Stroke | 6 (2%) | 11 (2%) | 8 (2%) | 0.88 | | Atrial fibrillation | 19 (5%) | 47 (8%) | 33 (8%) | 0.06 | | Myocardial infarction | 26 (7%) | 55 (9%) | 55 (14%) | <0.01 | | Obesity | 100 (26%) | 207 (35%) | 117 (30%) | 0.02 | | Smoking (past or current) | 125 (33%) | 229 (40%) | 302 (78%) | <0.01 | | Carotid artery disease | 10 (3%) | 23 (4%) | 23 (6%) | 0.07 | | Aortic aneurysm | 3 (1%) | 7 (1%) | 9 (2%) | 0.16 |
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