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. 2014 Nov 10;4:6984. doi: 10.1038/srep06984

Table 1. Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of the Patients.

  A (n = 11) AB (n = 47) B1 (n = 38) B2 (n = 43) B3 (n = 21) Thymic carcinoma (n = 56)  
Patient characteristics       number (percent) P-value
Sex             0.013
Males 6(55) 25(53) 17(45) 23(53) 16(76) 43(77)  
Females 5(45) 22(47) 21(55) 20(47) 5(24) 13(23)  
Age             0.466
<45 years 2(18) 17(36) 15(40) 20(46) 5(24) 17(30)  
45–55 years 2(18) 13(28) 10(26) 12(28) 5(24) 14(25)  
>55 years 7(64) 17(36) 13(34) 11(26) 11(52) 25(45)  
Myasthenia gravis             <0.001
Yes 5(45) 21(45) 22(58) 27(63) 3(14) 1(2)  
No 6(55) 26(55) 16(42) 16(37) 16(76) 55(98)  
Symptoms             <0.001*
No symptom 6(55) 16(34) 9(23) 9(21) 2(10) 9(16)  
Myasthenia 5(45) 21(45) 22(58) 27(63) 3(14) 1(2)  
Chest pain 1(2) 3(8) 1(2) 7(33) 25(45)  
Respiratory symptoms 7(15) 3(8) 5(12) 7(33) 13(23)  
Others 2(4) 1(3) 1(2) 2(10) 8(14)  

*P-values were calculated by Monte Carlo Test.