Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| NSCLC | Control | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 56.45±3.4 | 56.31±2.1 | NS | ||
| Gender (male, %) | 198 | 76.15% | 198 | 76.15% | NS |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Smoker | 176 | 67.69% | 90 | 34.62% | <0.001 |
| Nonsmoker | 84 | 32.31% | 170 | 65.38% | |
| Mean miR expression | |||||
| miR-125b | 2.61±0.35 | 0.84±0.21 | <0.001 | ||
| miR-34a | 3.08±0.23 | 1.08±0.31 | <0.001 | ||
| miR-10b | 2.72±0.23 | 0.89±0.19 | <0.001 | ||
| miR-155 | 4.33±0.26 | 1.33±0.46 | <0.001 | ||
| Stage | |||||
| III A | 99 | 38.08% | |||
| III B | 101 | 38.85% | |||
| IV | 60 | 23.08% | |||
| Type | |||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 117 | 45.00% | |||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 101 | 38.85% | |||
| Large cell carcinoma | 32 | 12.31% | |||
| Other types | 10 | 3.85% | |||
| Differentiation | |||||
| Well | 89 | 34.23% | |||
| Moderate | 97 | 37.31% | |||
| Poor | 74 | 28.46% | |||