Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants.

Plasma Sample Donors (n = 45):
Diagnosis	LC	NC	Sex	LC	NC
Tuberculosis		8	Male	21	13
Pneumonia		2	Female	9	2
Pulmonary fungal infection		5
Lung cancer	30		Cancer stage
Age (years)			I	8
<55	5	7	II	2
55–70	21	6	III	6
≥70	4	2	IV	14
Tissue Sample Donors (n = 12):
Diagnosis	LC	NC	Sex	LC	NC
Tuberculosis		0	Male	5	1
Pneumonia		2	Female	4	2
Spindle cell oriented fibroma		1
Lung cancer	9		Cancer stage
Age (years)			I	0
<55	2	2	II	0
55–70	6	0	III	3
≥70	1	1	IV	6

LC = Lung cancer; NC = Non cancer.