Characteristics of the patient with CT scan showing malignancy versus patients with normal CT scan (Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables)
| Malignancy on CT scan (N=14) | Normal CT scan (N=49) | P value | |
| Age | |||
| Mean (SD) | 61 (±15.28) | 57 (±15.02) | |
| Gender | 0.201 | ||
| Female | 5 (35.7%) | 27 (55.1%) | |
| Male | 9 (64.3%) | 22 (44.9%) | |
| Race | 0.031 | ||
| African-Americans | 10 (71.4%) | 19 (38.8%) | |
| Hispanics | 4 (28.6%) | 30 (61.2%) | |
| Smoking status | 0.635 | ||
| Non-smoker | 7 (50.0%) | 28 (57.1%) | |
| Smoker | 7 (50.0%) | 21 (42.9%) | |
| Presence of symptoms | 9 (64.3%) | 11 (22.4%) | 0.003 |
| Presence of weight loss | 9 (64.3%) | 8 (16.3%) | 0.0001 |
| Hypertension | 9 (64.3%) | 26 (53.1%) | 0.456 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 4 (28.6%) | 11 (22.4%) | 0.635 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 21 (±6.10) | 24 (±3.61) | |
| Haemoglobin (g/dL), mean (SD) | 11 (±2.28) | 11 (±1.95) | 0.986 |
| Albumin (g/dL), mean (SD) | 3 (±0.87) | 4 (±0.66) | 0.001 |
BMI, body mass index.