Lung Cancer Screening Among Mammography Patients: Knowledge, Eligibility, Participation, and Interest

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Table 1.

Census Data for Communities Served by the Participating East and West Coast Institutions

	East Coast	West Coast
Median household income	$38,085	$94,174
Bachelor’s degree or higher (%)	19.8%	67.7%
Race and ethnicity, largest categories (%)
Non-Hispanic White	9%	53%
Black	44%	3%
Hispanic	56%	17%
Asian	5%	21%

Table 2.

Demographic Data

	Cumulative (n = 5512)	East Coast (n = 810)	West Coast (n = 4702)	p-Value
Mean age (SD, range)	58 (SD, 11, range 18 to 89)	56.7 (SD, 11, range 18 to 89)	58 (SD, 11, range 20 to 89)	0.0019
Spanish survey use	288 (5%)	280 (35%)	8 (0.1%)	<0.0001

Table 3.

Smoking History

	Cumulative (5512)	East Coast (810)	West Coast (4702)	p-Value
Any history of smoking, N (%)	1824 (33%)	237 (29%)	1587 (34%)	0.033
Former smoker, N (%)	1656 (30%)	174 (21%)	1482 (32%)	<0.0001
Current smoker, N (%)	156 (3%)	57 (7%)	99 (2%)	<0.0001
NOS, N (%)	19 (0.3%)	14 (2%)	5 (0.1%)	<0.001
Median pack years among smokers	10	10	10	1.0

Table 4.

LCS Eligibility Among Smokers

	Cumulative Smokers (1824)	East Coast Smokers (237)	West Coast Smokers (1587)	p-value
Eligibility by 2013 USPSTF Guidelines, N (%)	127 (7%)	23 (10%)	104 (7%)	0.071
Eligibility by 2021 USPSTF Guidelines, N (%)	207 (11.3%)	33 (14%)	174 (11%)	0.173

Abbreviations: LCS, Lung cancer screening; USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force.
Comparisons made using χ² tests.

Table 5.

Awareness of LCS, Interest in LCS, and History of Prior LCS Among Patients Eligible for LCS by 2021 USPSTF Guidelines

	Cumulative (207)	East Coast (33)	West Coast (174)	p-Value
Awareness of LCS, N (%)	87 (42%)	14 (42%)	73 (42%)	0.957
Interest in LCS, N (%)	151 (73%)	25 (76%)	126 (72%)	0.696
History of Prior LCS, N (%)	57 (28%)	9 (27%)	48 (28%)	0.972

Abbreviations: LCS, Lung cancer screening; USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force.
Comparisons made using χ² tests.