Journal of Cancer Epidemiology / 2011 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Evaluation of the
Reliability of Electronic Medical Record
Data in Identifying Comorbid Conditions
among Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Table 1 Patient characteristics of study sample (
).
(%)Line of therapy First-line 2004 (80%) Second-line 509 (20%) Age Mean (SD) 69.7 Median (range) 70.7 (30–92) Gender Male 1378 (55%) Female 1135 (45%) Stage at diagnosis I-IIIA 538 (24%) IIIB-IV 1664 (76%) Missing 311 Performance status 0 1045 (46%) 1 1032 (46%) 2+ 175 (8%) Missing 261 Comorbidity status Any comorbidity (1+ comorbidities) 553 (22%) Specific comorbidities Moderate/severe renal disease 37 (1.5%) Congestive heart failure 106 (4.2%) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder 218 (9%) Cerebrovascular disease 33 (1.3%) Diabetes 162 (6.4%) Peripheral vascular disease 113 (4.5%) Myocardial infarction 21 (0.8%) Liver disease 16 (0.6%)