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Table 2 Descriptive statistics on personal information and diagnosis information at baseline

From: Missing not at random in end of life care studies: multiple imputation and sensitivity analysis on data from the ACTION study

Personal information

Age

 

Live with a partner, n (%)

Religious, n(%)

   missing, n (%)

5 (1.03)

   missing

11 (2.26)

   missing

13 (2.67)

   mean (sd)

65.99 (9.90)

   yes

340 (69.82)

   yes

225 (46.20)

Gender, n (%)

 

   no

136 (27.93)

   no

185 (37.99)

   missing

4 (0.82)

Living place, n (%)

   prefer not to specify

64 (13.14)

   male

292 (59.96)

   missing

14 (2.87)

Minority ethnic group, n (%)

 

   female

191 (39.22)

   private household

447 (91.79)

   missing

20 (4.11)

Marital status, n (%)

 

   institution/care facility

3 (0.62)

   yes

7 (1.44)

   missing

8 (1.64)

   other

23 (4.72)

   no

460 (94.46)

   married

324 (66.53)

Children, n (%)

Years of education

   unmarried

41 (8.42)

   missing

8 (1.64)

   missing, n (%)

73 (14.99)

   divorced/separed

61 (12.53)

   yes

414 (85.01)

   mean (sd)

13.39 (4.74)

   widowed

53 (10.88)

   no

65 (13.35)

  

Diagnosis information

 Type of cancer, n (%)

 

WHO performance status, n (%)

Stage of cancer, n (%)

   missing

4 (0.82)

   missing

5 (1.03)

   missing

7 (1.44)

   small cell lung

62 (12.73)

   0 fully active

167 (34.29)

   III lung

59 (12.11)

   non-small cell lung

218 (44.76)

   1 symptomatic but completely ambulatory

255 (52.36)

   IV lung

224 (46.00)

   colon

155 (31.83)

   2 symptomatic, < 50% in bed during the day

58 (11.91)

   IV colorectal

134 (27.52)

   rectal

48 (9.86)

   3 symptomatic, > 50% in bed, but not bedbound

2 (0.41)

   metachronous metast colorectal cancer

63 (12.94)

Current treatment

Chemotherapy, n (%)

 

Immunotherapy, n (%)

   

   missing

0

   missing

0

  

   no

119 (24.44)

   no

450 (92.40)

  

   yes

368 (75.56)

   yes

 37 (7.60)

  

Radiation therapy, n (%)

 

Targeted therapy, n (%)

   

   missing

0

   missing

0

  

   no

449 (92.20)

   no

428 (87.89)

  

   yes

38 (7.80)

   yes

59 (12.11)

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