Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients.
| Clinical characteristics of patients | |
|---|---|
| Patients (n = 47) | |
| NSCLC patients | 32 (68.1%) |
| Non-cancer controls | 15 (31.9%) |
| Genders (n = 47) | |
| Male | 26 (55.3%) |
| Female | 21 (44.7%) |
| Age (n = 47) | |
| ≤ 60 | 27 (57.4%) |
| > 60 | 20 (42.6%) |
| Sampling methods (n = 47) | |
| Bronchoscopy | 25 (53.2%) |
| Lobectomy | 22 (46.8%) |
| Smoking status (n = 46) | |
| Smoker | 34 (72.3%) |
| Non-smoker | 12 (26.7%) |
| EGFR expression (n = 32) | |
| Low (≤ 50%) | 6 (18.8%) |
| High (> 50%) | 26 (81.2%) |
| TNM stage (n = 32) | |
| I–II | 23 (71.9%) |
| III–IV | 9 (28.1%) |