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. 2016 Nov 29;116(1):36–43. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.387

Table 1. Baseline patient characteristics by VeriStrat classification.

  Overall VeriStrat Good (N=50) VeriStrat Poor (N=26) P-value
Age (years)
Range 44–80 44–76 46–80 0.2639
Median 66 66 66  
Gender
Male, N (%) 51 (67) 34 (68) 17 (65) 1
Female, N (%) 25 (33) 16 (32) 9 (35)  
Histology
Adenocarcinoma, N (%) 75 (99) 49 (98) 26 (100) 1
NOS, N (%) 1 (1) 1 (2) 0  
Stage
IV 76 (100) 50 (100) 26 (100)
Smoking
Never smoker, N (%) 7 (9) 4 (8) 3 (11) 0.8219
Former smoker, N (%) 30 (40) 21 (42) 9 (35)  
Smoker, N (%) 39 (51) 25 (50) 14 (54)  
Prior radiation therapy
No, N (%) 72 (95) 48 (96) 24 (92) 0.6028
Yes, N (%) 4 (5) 2 (4) 2 (8)  
Prior surgery
No, N (%) 70 (92) 45 (90) 25 (96) 0.6576
Yes, N (%) 6 (8) 5 (10) 1 (4)  
Maintenance
No, N (%) 44 (58) 23 (48) 21 (81) 0.0065
Yes, N (%) 32 (42) 27 (52) 5 (19)  
ECOG PS
0, N (%) 20 (26) 15 (30.00) 5 (19) 0.4144
1, N (%) 54 (71) 33 (66.00) 21 (81)  
2, N (%) 2 (3) 2 (4.00) 0  
Chemotherapy type
Carbo/Pem, N (%) 43 (57) 28 (56.00) 15 (58) 1
Cis/Pem, N (%) 33 (43) 22 (44.00) 11 (42)  
KRAS status
Wild type, N (%) 31 (41) 24 (48.00) 7 (27) 0.1766
Mutation, N (%) 29 (38) 16 (32.00) 13 (50)  
Unknown, N (%) 16 (21) 10 (20.00) 6 (23)  
EGFR status
Wild type, N (%) 67 (88) 43 (86.00) 24 (92) 0.855
Mutant, N (%) 2 (3) 2 (4.00) 0  
Unknown, N (%) 7 (9) 5 (10.00) 2 (8)  
ALK translocation
Negative, N (%) 54 (71) 37 (74.00) 17 (65) 0.6193
Positive, N (%) 1 (1) 1 (2.00) 0  
Unknown, N (%) 21 (28) 12 (24.00) 9 (35)  

Abbreviations: ALK=anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Carbo=carboplatin; Cis=cisplatin; ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EFGR=epidermal growth factor receptor; KRAS=Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene; NOS=not otherwise specified; Pem=pemetrexed; PS=performance status.