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. 2020 Sep 14;10:14990. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71735-y

Table 2.

Patient’s demographics according to responder or non-responder.

Variables Total patients Responder Non-responder p value
N = 45 N = 23 N = 22

Age

 ≤ 69/> 69 years

24/21 13/10 11/11 0.76

Gender

Male/female

36/9 20/3 16/6 0.28

Smoking

Yes/no

41/4 20/3 21/1 0.61

PS

0–1/2–3

29/16 15/8 14/8  > 0.99

Histology

AC/non-AC

22/23 10/13 12/10 0.76

Distant meta

Yes/no

34/11 16/7 18/4 0.49

ILD

Yes/no

15/30 6/17 9/13 0.35

Previous radiation

Yes/no

14/31 5/18 9/13 0.21

BMI

High/low

20/25 14/9 6/16 0.03

NLR

High/low

22/23 12/11 10/12 0.76

CRP

 ≤ 1.0/> 1.0

20/25 12/11 8/14 0.37

SUVmax

High/low

19/26 8/15 11/11 0.37

MTV

High/low

10/35 3/20 7/15 0.16

TLG

High/low

19/26 8/15 11/11 0.37

PD-L1

 ≤ 75/> 75 (%)

24/21 12/11 12/10  > 0.99

PS performance status, AC adenocarcinoma, ILD interstitial lung disease, BMI body mass index, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, CRP C-reactive protein, TLG total lesion glycolysis, MTV metabolic tumor volume, SUVmax the maximum of standardized uptake value, PD-L1 programmed death ligand-1.

Bold means statistical significance.