Table 1.
Clinical and pathological characteristics of (A) NSCLC patients, (B) SCLC patients, and (C) healthy donors.
| A | |
|---|---|
| Variable | NSCLC Patients (n = 95) |
| Histological subtype | |
| Squamous | 34 (35.8) |
| Non-squamous | 61 (64.2) |
| Stage-n (%) | |
| I | 45 (47.4) |
| II | 23 (24.2) |
| III | 19 (20.0) |
| IV | 8 (8.4) |
| Gender-n (%) | |
| Female | 26 (27.4) |
| Male | 69 (72.6) |
| Age at diagnostic >75 y/o-n (%) | |
| No | 74 (77.9) |
| Yes | 21 (22.1) |
| Smoking history-n (%) | |
| Unknown | 1 (1.1) |
| Never | 4 (4.2) |
| Ex | 57 (60.0) |
| Current | 33 (34.7) |
| Pack per year | |
| Median | 40 |
| Range | 2–107 |
| B | |
| Variable | SCLC Patients (n = 105) |
| Stage-n (%) | |
| ED | 69 (65.7) |
| LD | 21 (20.0) |
| Unknown | 15 (14.3) |
| Gender-n (%) | |
| Female | 38 (36.2) |
| Male | 67 (63.8) |
| Age at diagnostic >75 y/o-n (%) | |
| No | 78 (74.3) |
| Yes | 27 (25.7) |
| Smoking history-n (%) | |
| Unknown | 10 (9.5) |
| Never | 1 (1.0) |
| Ex | 32 (30.5) |
| Current | 62 (59.0) |
| Pack per year | |
| Median | 43 |
| Range | 1–170 |
| C | |
| Variable | Healthy Donors (n = 37) |
| Gender-n (%) | |
| Female | 3 (8.1) |
| Male | 34 (91.9) |
| Age >75 y/o-n (%) | |
| No | 36 (97.3) |
| Yes | 1 (2.7) |
| Agee (year) | |
| Median | 59.5 |
| Range | 19−79 |
| Smoking history-n (%) | |
| Unknown | 19 (51.4) |
| Never | 8 (21.6) |
| Yes | 10 (27.0) |
Abbreviations: ED, extensive-stage disease; LD, limited-stage disease; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; SCLC, small-cell lung cancer, y/o: Years old.