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. 2015 Aug 11;113(6):963–969. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.286

Table 1. Patient demographics.

  Sydney cohort
Vienna cohort
Pleural effusion cohort
  MPM (N=37) Non-MPM (N=32) MPM (N=47) Non-MPM (N=24) MPM (N=30) Non-MPM (N=60)
Median age (range) 71.4 (40–83) 66.3 (49–80) 64 (33–81) 66.5 (56–82) 76 (55–94) 73.5 (49–96)
Gender
Male 32 (86.5%) 27 (84.4%) 35 (74.5%) 19 (79.2%) 26 (86.7%) 51 (85%)
Female 5 (13.5%) 5 (15.6%) 12 (25.5%) 5 (20.8%) 4 (13.3%) 9 (15%)
Diagnosis
MPM 37 (100%)   47 (100%)   30 (100%)  
Pleural Plaques/Pleuritis   5 (15.6%)   10 (41.7%)   30 (50%)
Adenocarcinoma            
 Lung       4 (16.7%)   27 (45%)
 Breast           1 (1.6%)
 Endometrial           1 (1.6%)
 Colon           1 (1.6%)
Other lung cancer       3 (12.5%)    
CAD   27 (84.4%)   7 (29.2%)    
MPM histotype
Epithelioid 26 (70.3%)   35 (74.5%)   27 (90%)  
Biphasic 8 (21.6%)   7 (14.9%)   2 (6.7%)  
Sarcomatoid 2 (5.4%)   4 (8.5%)   1 (3.3%)  
Desmoplastic 1 (2.7%)   1 (2.1%)   0  

Abbreviations: CAD=coronary artery disease; MPM=malignant pleural mesothelioma.