Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients with NSCLC
| Variable | Number of Patients (%) |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| miR124-Low (n = 99) | miR124-High (n = 96) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 66 (66.67) | 76 (79.17) | 0.55 |
| Female | 33 (33.33) | 20 (20.83) | |
| Age | |||
| ≤60 | 49 (49.49) | 54 (56.25) | 0.35 |
| >60 | 50 (50.51) | 42 (43.75) | |
| Smokinga | |||
| Yes | 84 (84.85) | 8 (8.33) | <0.01 |
| No | 15 (15.15) | 88 (91.67) | |
| Histology | |||
| Adenocarcinoma | 45 (45.45) | 54 (56.25) | 0.68 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 31 (31.31) | 22 (22.93) | |
| Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma | 15 (15.15) | 14 (14.58) | |
| Large-cell carcinoma | 5 (5.05) | 2 (2.08) | |
| Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 1 (3.04) | 1 (1.04) | |
| Adenosquamous carcinoma | 1 (1.01) | 2 (2.08) | |
| Carcinoid | 1 (1.01) | 1 (1.04) | |
| Histologic Grade | |||
| Well differentiated | 12 (12.12) | 14 (14.58) | 0.71 |
| Moderately differentiated | 39 (39.39) | 42 (43.75) | |
| Poorly differentiated | 46 (46.46) | 37 (38.54) | |
| Undifferentiated | 2 (2.03) | 3 (3.13) | |
| T Status | |||
| T1 | 23 (23.23) | 28 (29.17) | 0.01 |
| T2 | 12 (12.12) | 25 (26.04) | |
| T3 | 45 (45.45) | 36 (37.50) | |
| T4 | 19 (19.20) | 7 (7.29) | |
| N Status | |||
| N0 | 31 (31.31) | 65 (67.71) | <0.01 |
| N1 | 26 (26.26) | 14 (14.58) | |
| N2 | 30 (30.30) | 12 (12.50) | |
| N3 | 12 (12.13) | 5 (5.21) | |
| M Status | |||
| M0 | 72 (72.73) | 69 (71.88) | 0.04 |
| M1a | 17 (17.17) | 8 (8.33) | |
| M1b | 10 (10.10) | 19 (19.79) | |
a
Smoker, patients who smoked than one more year and were currently smokers when diagnosed with lung cancer; non-smoker, patients who never smoked.