Table 2. Demographic characteristics of donors for all samples (n = 285) used in qMSP experiments.
| Characteristic | Control bloods |
Case bloods |
Excised tumors |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 94) | (n = 71) | (n = 120) | |
|
Age |
|
|
|
| Median (range) |
57 (22–87) |
57 (20–86) |
41 (1–78) |
| Mean (standard deviation) |
55 (16.5) |
56 (13) |
41 (15) |
|
Gender, no (%) |
|
|
|
| Female |
43 (46%) |
26 (36%) |
42 (35%) |
| Male |
51 (54%) |
45 (64%) |
78 (65%) |
|
Race, no (%) |
|
|
|
| White, Non-Hispanic |
78 (83%) |
67 (95%) |
102 (85%) |
| Hispanic |
3 (3%) |
3 (4%) |
7 (6%) |
| Asian |
6 (7%) |
0 (0%) |
4 (3%) |
| Black |
5 (6%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
| Other | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 7 (6%) |