Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients and healthy donors.

Clinical Characteristics	NSCLC N	IPF N	IIPs N	Other Diseases N	Healthy Donors N
Gender
F	21	5	15	14	13
M	27	40	15	21	17
Age, years
>65	31	22	14	13	12
≤65	17	23	16	22	18
Smoking habits
Never	10	12	14	10	11
Former	25	31	15	15	13
Current	13	2	1	10	6
Total	48	45	30	35	30

NSCLC, non small cell lung cancer; IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; IIP, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.