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. 2020 Feb 11;15(2):e0228188. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228188

Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Characteristic Total, No. (%) Age, No. (%) P Value Chi-square Statistic
<70 > = 70
Patients 415 (100) 289 (100) 126 (100) NA NA
Sex 0.341 0.906
    Female 245 (59) 175 (61) 70 (56)
    Male 170 (41) 114 (39) 56 (44)
Race 0.127 9.956
    African American 10 (2) 6 (2) 4 (3)
    American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (0) 1 (0) 1 (1)
    Asian 136 (33) 107 (37) 29 (23)
    White 247 (60) 161 (56) 86 (68)
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 (1) 3 (1) 0 (0)
    Other 12 (3) 8 (3) 4 (3)
    Unknown/Declined to Answer 5 (1) 3 (1) 2 (2)
Ethnicity 0.150 3.796
    Hispanic or Latino 40 (10) 28 (10) 12 (10)
    Not Hispanic or Latino 369 (89) 259 (90) 110 (87)
    Unknown/Declined to Answer 6 (1) 2 (1) 4 (3)
Smoking Status 0.036 8.550
    Never 212 (51) 159 (55) 53 (42)
    Light (<10 pack years) 42 (10) 31 (11) 11 (9)
    Medium (10–29 pack years) 74 (18) 44 (15) 30 (24)
    Heavy (> = 30 pack years) 87 (21) 55 (19) 32 (25)
Stage 0.004 13.595
    I 15 (4) 7 (2) 8 (6)
    II 14 (3) 5 (2) 9 (7)
    III 17 (4) 10 (3) 7 (6)
    IV 369 (89) 267 (92) 102 (81)
EGFR (L858R/exon 19 deletion) * 0.059 3.559
    Alteration 177 (43) 132 (46) 45 (36)
    Tested Negative 238 (57) 157 (54) 81 (64)
ALK (Rearrangement)* 0.001 10.349
    Positive 28 (7) 27 (10) 1 (1)
    Tested Negative 349 (93) 235 (90) 114 (99)
ROS1 (Rearrangement)* 0.233 1.422
    Positive 3 (1) 3 (2) 0 (0)
    Tested Negative 254 (99) 172 (98) 82 (100)
BRAF (V600E)* 0.319 0.995
    Positive 7 (2) 6 (3) 1 (1)
    Tested Negative 281 (98) 194 (97) 90 (99)
MET (exon 14 splice-site/deletion)* 0.022 5.228
    Positive 7 (2) 2 (1) 5 (5)
    Tested Negative 280 (98) 194 (99) 86 (95)
KRAS       <0.001 12.410
    Positive 97 (28) 53 (22) 44 (40)
    Tested Negative 255 (72) 189 (78) 66 (60)
TP53       0.306 1.046
    Positive 140 (49) 99 (52) 41 (45)
    Tested Negative 143 (51) 93 (48) 50 (55)

*Only patients who had genomic test results were counted for each gene. Total number of patients with ALK, ROS1, BRAF, MET, KRAS and TP53 tested were 377, 257, 288, 287, 352, and 283 respectively.