Table 1.

Association Between MAC30 Expression and Various Clinicopathological Features of Patients With NSCLC.

Variables	No. (N = 218)	MAC30 Expression		P Value
		Low (n = 97)	High (n = 121)
Age (years)				.512
<58	82	37	45
≥58	136	60	76
Gender				.537
Male	121	53	68
Female	97	44	53
Smoking status				.431
Nonsmoker	84	36	48
Smoker	134	61	73
Histological type				.457
SQCLC	87	37	50
AC	129	60	69
AS	2	0	2
Tumor differentiation				.017
Well	33	15	18
Moderate	69	42	27
Poor	116	40	76
TNM stage				.013
I	62	41	21
II	85	33	52
III	71	23	48
Tumor classification				.102
T1 + T2	90	36	54
T3 + T4	128	61	67
Lymph node metastasis				.012
No	82	51	31
Yes	136	46	90

Abbreviations: AC, adenocarcinoma; AS, adenosquamous; NSCLC, non–small cell lung cancer; SQCLC, squamous cell carcinomas; TNM, tumor–node–metastasis. Boldface values mean P < 0.05.