Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data of the extended BALF dataset.
| Variables | LC (N = 49) |
Non-LC (N = 40) |
P value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs. ± SD) | 65.6 ± 11.4 | 59.5 ± 12.7 | 0.01805 |
| Sex, men N (%) | 41 (83.7) | 27 (54.0) | NS |
| Smoking status N (%) | |||
| Smoker | 16 (32.7) | 10 (25.0) | NS |
| Former smoker | 17 (34.7) | 10 (25.0) | |
| Non-smoker | 9 (18.4) | 15 (37.5) | |
| Unknown | 7 (14.3) | 5 (12.5) | |
| LC Diagnosis N (%) | |||
| NSCLC | 25 (51.0) | NA | |
| ADC | 17 (34.7) | ||
| SCC | 5 (10.2) | ||
| LCC | 1 (2.0) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (4.1) | ||
| SCLC | 5 (10.2) | ||
| Others | 2 (4.1) | ||
| Unknown | 17 (34.7) | ||
| Non-LC Diagnosis N (%) | |||
| Hemoptysis | 5 (12.5) | NA | |
| Atelectasis | 3 (7.5) | ||
| Unaffected | 2 (5.0) | ||
| Benign findings | 9 (22.5) | ||
| Asthma | 1 (2.5) | ||
| Hamartoma | 1 (2.5) | ||
| Other | 7 (17.5) | ||
| Unknown | 14 (35.0) | ||
*P values based on Welch's t-test or chi-square (normal distributed or categorical variables, respectively) for the comparison lung cancer (LC) and non-LC groups. NS—non-significant (p value > 0.05). NA—not applicable.