TABLE 2.
Baseline clinical characteristics of patients from the Jiang's cohort
| Characteristics | Overall | mut‐low | mut‐high | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 96 | 53 | 43 | 0.654 |
| Age (mean [SD]) | 57.66 (8.33) | 58.01 (8.56) | 57.24 (8.11) | |
| Gender (%) | ||||
| Female | 13 (13.5) | 7 (13.2) | 6 (14.0) | 1 |
| Male | 83 (86.5) | 46 (86.8) | 37 (86.0) | |
| Smoke (%) | ||||
| Non‐smoker | 25 (26.0) | 12 (22.6) | 13 (30.2) | 0.543 |
| Smoker | 71 (74.0) | 41(77.4) | 30 (69.8) | |
| TNM stage (%) | ||||
| I | 15 (15.6) | 9 (17.0) | 6 (14.0) | 0.866 |
| II | 16 (16.7) | 9 (17.0) | 7 (16.3) | |
| III | 62 (64.6) | 34 (64.2) | 28 (65.1) | |
| IV | 3 (3.1) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (4.7) | |
| Chemotherapy exposed biopsy (%) | ||||
| Naive | 83 (86.5) | 47 (88.7) | 36 (83.7) | 0.685 |
| Chemotherapy treated | 13 (13.5) | 6 (11.3) | 7 (16.3) | |