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) | ||
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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.