Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the NSCLC patients in the PBMC dataset.
| Variable | Patients [N] | [%] |
| All | 108 | 100 |
| Histology | ||
| AD | 67 | 62 |
| SCC | 34 | 31 |
| NSCLC | 7 | 7 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 53 | 49 |
| Female | 55 | 51 |
| Stage | ||
| I | 66 | 61 |
| II & III | 42 | 39 |
| Age (years) | ||
| <68 | 49 | 45 |
| ≥68 | 59 | 55 |
| Race | ||
| C | 99 | 92 |
| AA | 9 | 8 |
| Smoke | ||
| Never | 6 | 5 |
| Formerly | 87 | 81 |
| Currently | 15 | 14 |
| Chemotherapy | ||
| No | 52 | 48 |
| Yes | 34 | 32 |
| Not sure | 22 | 20 |
| COPD | ||
| Yes | 54 | 50 |
| No | 50 | 46 |
| Not sure | 4 | 4 |
Notes: “AD” and “SCC” represent adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, respectively; “C” and “AA” represent Caucasian and African American; “COPD” represents chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.