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. 2021 Feb;13(2):689–707. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-2909

Table 2. Clinicopathological characteristics of the patients with lung cancer from TCGA database (Chi-square test; P value<0.05).

Parameters PHLDA1 PHLDA2 PHLDA3
High Low P value High Low P value High Low P value
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Age 0.23 0.34 0.44
   ≤50 years 15 5.8 22 8.5 21 8.1 16 6.2 21 8.1 16 6.2
   >50 years 234 90.7 227 87.6 224 86.8 237 91.5 231 89.5 230 88.8
   NA 9 3.5 10 3.9 13 5.0 6 2.3 6 2.3 13 5.0
Sex 0.76 0.06 0.23
   Female 140 54.3 137 52.9 149 57.8 128 49.4 145 56.2 132 51.0
   Male 118 45.7 122 47.1 109 42.2 131 50.6 113 43.8 127 49.0
Race Category 0.88 0.44 0.19
   American Indian or Alaska native 1 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.4 0 0.0
   Asian 4 1.6 4 1.5 3 1.2 5 1.9 2 0.8 6 2.3
   Black or African American 24 9.3 29 11.2 30 11.6 23 8.9 31 12.0 22 8.5
   White 194 75.2 195 75.3 187 72.5 202 78.0 196 76.0 193 74.5
   NA 35 13.6 31 12.0 37 14.3 29 11.2 28 10.9 38 14.7
Patient smoking 0.07 0.40 0.36
   Non smoker 28 10.9 48 18.5 42 16.3 34 13.1 40 15.5 36 13.9
   Reformed smoker (≤15 years) 91 35.3 78 30.1 88 34.1 81 31.3 82 31.8 87 33.6
   Reformed smoker (>15 years) 72 27.9 63 24.3 62 24.0 73 28.2 72 27.9 63 24.3
   Smoker 56 21.7 63 24.3 54 20.9 65 25.1 51 19.8 68 26.3
   NA 11 4.3 7 2.7 12 4.7 6 2.3 13 5.0 5 1.9
Stage 0.11 0.47 0.14
   I/II 205 79.5 194 74.9 195 75.6 204 78.8 206 79.8 193 74.5
   III/IV 47 18.2 63 24.3 58 22.5 52 20.1 48 18.6 62 23.9
   NA 6 2.3 2 0.8 5 1.9 3 1.2 4 1.6 4 1.5
ALK translocation status 0.45 0.18 0.58
   No 106 41.1 105 40.5 107 41.5 104 40.2 113 43.8 98 37.8
   Yes 20 7.8 15 5.8 22 8.5 13 5.0 17 6.6 18 6.9
   NA 132 51.2 139 53.7 129 50.0 142 54.8 128 49.6 143 55.2
KRAS mutation 0.13 0.87 0.87
   No 20 7.8 20 7.7 20 7.8 20 7.7 20 7.8 20 7.7
   Yes 16 6.2 7 2.7 11 4.3 12 4.6 12 4.7 11 4.2
   NA 222 86.0 232 89.6 227 88.0 227 87.6 226 87.6 228 88.0
Expression subtype 0.02 <0.01 <0.01
   Bronchioid 48 18.6 41 15.8 36 14.0 53 20.5 56 21.7 33 12.7
   Magnoid 25 9.7 38 14.7 20 7.8 43 16.6 19 7.4 44 17.0
   Squamoid 49 19.0 29 11.2 60 23.3 18 6.9 43 16.7 35 13.5
   NA 136 52.7 151 58.3 142 55.0 145 56.0 140 54.3 147 56.8

, according to Song et al. [2018] (25). PHLDA, pleckstrin homology domain family A; NA, not available.