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. 2020 May;12(5):2706–2712. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.04.30

Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Characteristic All patients, N=97 (%) No irAE, N=48 (%) Grade 1/2 irAE, N=42 (%) Grade ≥3 irAE, N=7 (%) P value
Median age (range) 63.8 (31.1–80.9) years 63.0 (31.1–80.9) years 63.8 (42.0–80.3) years 72.1 (63.1–75.6) years 0.190
Sex 1.000
   Male 48 [50] 24 [50] 21 [50] 3 [43]
   Female 49 [50] 24 [50] 21 [50] 4 [57]
Histology 0.302
   Adenocarcinoma 74 [76] 36 [75] 34 [81] 4 [57]
   Squamous cell carcinoma 15 [16] 9 [19] 5 [12] 1 [14]
   Large cell, other 8 [8] 3 [6] 3 [7] 2 [29]
EGFR mutation 0.339
   Positive 12 [12] 8 [17] 4 [10] 0
   Negative 71 [73] 31 [64] 33 [78] 7 [100]
   Unknown 14 [15] 9 [19] 5 [12] 0
ALK rearrangement 0.141
   Positive 1 [1] 1 [2] 0 0
   Negative 79 [82] 35 [73] 37 [88] 7 [100]
   Unknown 17 [17] 12 [25] 5 [12] 0
PD-L1 expression 0.372
   Positive (any) 35 [36] 13 [27] 18 [43] 4 [57]
   Negative 11 [11] 6 [13] 5 [12] 0
   Unknown 51 [53] 29 [60] 19 [45] 3 [43]
Smoking status 0.936
   Current 11 [11] 6 [13] 4 [10] 1 [14]
   Past 62 [64] 29 [60] 28 [67] 5 [72]
   Never 24 [25] 13 [27] 10 [23] 1 [14]
Prior lines of therapy 0.103
   0 13 [13] 3 [6] 6 [14] 4 [58]
   1 25 [26] 14 [29] 10 [24] 1 [14]
   2 26 [27] 13 [27] 12 [29] 1 [14]
   3 or more 33 [34] 18 [38] 14 [33] 1 [14]
Therapy type 0.49
   Anti-PD-1 79 [81] 40 [83] 34 [81] 5 [71]
   Anti-PD-L1 16 [17] 6 [13] 8 [19] 2 [29]
   Anti-PD-L1 & anti-CTLA-4 2 [2] 2 [4] 0 0

irAE, immune-related adverse event; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1; CTLA-4, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4.