Table 1. Clinical characteristics of cases used in this study.

Cases/Diseases	Value
Lung tissue (remote to cancer) (n = 5)
Male/Female	2/3
Mean age, years (range)	66.2 (61–72)
Inflamed lung (n = 20)
Interstitial pneumonia (n = 5)
Male/Female	3/2
Mean age, years (range)	59.6 (41–71)
Organizing pneumonia (n = 4)
Male/Female	4/0
Mean age, years (range)	55.7 (48–75)
Bronchopneumonia (n = 4)
Male/Female	2/2
Mean age, years (range)	76.0 (56–85)
Lobar pneumonia (n = 1)
Male/Female	0/1
Mean age, years (range)	74.0 (-)
Epithelioid granuloma (n = 6)
Male/Female	2/4
Mean age, years (range)	54.5 (20–78)
Lung cancer (n = 33)	33
Adenocarcinoma (n = 15)
Male/Female	8/7
Mean age, years (range)	68.6 (43–77)
Smoking habits (yes/no/unknown)	(8/3/4)
Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 15)
Male/Female	12/3
Mean age, years (range)	72.4 (56–84)
Smoking habits (yes/no/unknown)	(11/3/1)
Small cell carcinoma (n = 3)
Male/Female	2/1
Mean age, years (range)	75.3 (66–85)
Smoking habits (yes/no/unknown)	(0/1/2)