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. 2012 Oct;31(10):491–499. doi: 10.5732/cjc.011.10409

Table 5. Stratified analysis of factors influencing FISH-positive phenotype in patients with NSCLC.

Variable EGFR mutation FISH-positive phenotype [cases (%)]
P
High polysomy Amplification
Gender
 Male - 45 (77) 13 (59) 0.127
+ 14 (23) 9 (41)
 Female - 13 (41) 0 (0) 0.004
+ 19 (59) 15 (100)
Age (years)
 ≥ 59 - 34 (64) 10 (56) 0.516
+ 19 (36) 8 (44)
 <59 - 24 (63) 3 (16) 0.001
+ 14 (37) 16 (84)
Smoking status
 Ever - 44 (86) 12 (63) 0.045
+ 7 (14) 7 (37)
 Never - 14 (35) 1 (6) 0.023
+ 26 (65) 17 (94)
Histological type
 ADC - 35 (52) 8 (27) 0.019
+ 32 (48) 22 (73)
 Non-ADC - 23 (96) 5 (71) 0.120
+ 1 (4) 2 (29)
Differentiation
 Grade 1 - 5 (83) 0 (0) 0.048
+ 1 (17) 3 (100)
 Grade >1 - 53 (62) 13 (38) 0.017
+ 32 (38) 21 (62)
Stage
 Early (IA+IB) - 24 (65) 2 (22) 0.029
+ 13 (35) 7 (78)
Medium (IIA+IIB+IIIA) - 25 (64) 8 (47) 0.233
+ 14 (36) 9 (53)
 Advanced (IIIB+IV) - 9 (60) 3 (27) 0.098
+ 6 (40) 8 (73)

Abbreviations as in Table 1.