Research Article

Efficacy of Definitive Radiotherapy for Patients with Clinical Stage IIIB or IIIC Lung Adenocarcinoma and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutations Treated Using First- or Second-Generation EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Table 4

Characteristics of patients included in the third supplementary analysis.

RT group (n = 8)Non-RT group (n = 42)Standardized difference
Number or mean (SD)(%)Number or mean (SD)(%)Before PSWAfter PSW

Age (years)69.13 (6.66)65.21 (5.83)0.624≈0

SexFemale4(50)31(74)0.506≈0
Male4(50)11(26)

ResidencyNon-northern5(62)33(79)0.358≈0
Northern3(38)9(21)

Comorbidity<10.501≈0
≥1

BMI (kg/m2)23.53 (3.15)24.35 (4.33)0.217≈0

Social-economic statusMinimum wage or lower0.285≈0
Higher

SmokingNo0.144≈0
Yes

Clinical T-stageT1–T20.133≈0
T3–T4

Clinical N-stageN0–N24(50)13(31)0.133≈0
N34(50)29(69)

Tumor size (mm)52.38 (22.93)42.71 (19.87)0.450≈0

ECOG PS0-10.501≈0
2

BMI, body mass index; ECOG PS, eastern cooperative oncology group performance status; PS, propensity score; RT, radiotherapy; SD, standard deviation. Rounded. The exact numbers are not reported because of a health and welfare data science center (HWDC) database center policy to avoid numbers ≤2 in single cells.