Table 2.
Clinical characteristics and correlation analysis in patients with lung cancer
| n=40
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Telomere length
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P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | % | Median (95% CI) | Short telomere, n (%) | Long telomere, n (%) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 23 | 58 | 2.050 (1.714–3.827) | 12 (52) | 11 (48) | |
| Female | 17 | 42 | 2.130 (1.633–2.756) | 8 (47) | 9 (53) | 0.749 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| ≤60 | 24 | 60 | 2.090 (1.764–2.788) | 12 (50) | 12 (50) | |
| >60 | 16 | 40 | 2.025 (1.490–4.435) | 8 (50) | 8 (50) | 1.000 |
| Smoke | ||||||
| Yes | 20 | 50 | 1.985 (1.579–3.636) | 11 (55) | 9 (45) | |
| No | 20 | 50 | 2.130 (1.526–3.262) | 9 (45) | 11 (55) | 0.527 |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||||
| Present | 28 | 70 | 1.910 (1.630–2.952) | 4 (33) | 8 (67) | |
| Absent | 12 | 30 | 2.585 (1.333–4.674) | 16 (57) | 12 (43) | 0.168 |
| Distant metastasis | ||||||
| Present | 10 | 25 | 0.875 (0.507–1.819) | 12 (60) | 8 (40) | |
| Absent | 30 | 75 | 2.225 (2.168–3.725) | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 0.028 |
| Total | 40 | 100 | ||||
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.