Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Variation	MPM *	HC *	AEx *
Subject	14	20	5
Male/female	6/8	10/10	2/3
Age	73.6 (57–82)	53.6 (37–68)	63.5 (53–81)
Body Mass Index	24.9	24.0	24.4
BMI (Kg/m2)	(19.2–29.4)	(21.6–27.8)	(20.8–25.9)
Smoking status
Current	0	3 (15%)	0
Ex	4 (29%)	4(20%)	2 (40%)
Never	10 (71%)	13 (65%)	3 (60%)
Pack/years	34.7 (19–62)	40.5 (21–73)	36.2 (32–55)

* MPM: malignant pleural mesothelioma patients; HC: healthy controls; AEx: asymptomatic former asbestos-exposed individual.