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. 2022 Apr;11(4):607–616. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-22-171

Table 1. Characteristics of patients in the HPD and non-HPD groups.

Variable Training set (n=844) Testing set (n=211)
HPD (n=93) Non-HPD (n=751) P HPD (n=25) Non-HPD (n=186) P
Age ≥65 years, n (%) 34 (36.6) 414 (55.1) 0.147 8 (32.0) 83 (44.6) 0.231
Male, n (%) 73 (78.5) 686 (85.6) 0.068 14 (56.0) 130 (69.9) 0.161
Stage, n (%) 0.905 0.713
   I–II 2 (2.2) 19 (2.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5)
   III–IV 91 (97.8) 732 (96.9) 25 (100.0) 185 (99.5)
ECOG PS, n (%) 0.994 0.411
   0–1 89 (95.7) 724 (96.4) 24 (96.0) 183 (98.4)
   2 4 (4.3) 27 (3.6) 1 (4.0) 3 (1.6)
Smoking, n (%) 0.481 0.908
   Current/former 60 (64.5) 508 (67.6) 13 (52.0) 99 (53.2)
   None 33 (35.5) 243 (32.4) 12 (48.0) 87 (46.8)
Histology, n (%) 0.575 0.997
   Adenocarcinoma 47 (50.5) 415 (55.3) 13 (52.0) 100 (53.8)
   Squamous lung cancer 30 (32.3) 239 (31.8) 8 (32.0) 56 (30.1)
   Small cell lung cancer 9 (9.7) 62 (8.3) 2 (8.0) 16 (8.6)
   Others 7 (7.5) 35 (4.7) 2 (8.0) 14 (7.5)
Therapy lines of ICI, n (%) 0.404 0.455
   1 10 (10.8) 64 (8.5) 3(12.0) 37 (19.9)
   2 56 (60.2) 445 (59.3) 18(72.0) 131 (70.4)
   ≥3 27 (29.0) 242 (32.2) 4(16.0) 18 (9.7)
PD-L1 status, n (%) 0.668 0.711
   <1 5 (5.4) 47 (6.3) 5 (20.0) 37 (19.9)
   1–50% 7 (7.5) 54 (7.2) 3 (12.0) 13 (7.0)
   >50% 2 (2.2) 30 (4.0) 2 (8.0) 9 (4.8)
   Unknown 79 (84.9) 620 (82.5) 15 (60.0) 127 (68.3)
Molecular status, n (%) 0.492 0.438
   EGFR/ALK/ROS-1 4 (4.3) 37 (4.9) 4 (16.0) 20 (10.8)
   Wild type 89 (95.7) 714 (95.1) 21 (84.0) 166 (89.2)
Organs with metastases, n (%) 0.438 0.881
   ≤2 82 (88.2) 647 (86.2) 21 (84.0) 154 (82.8)
   ≥3 11 (11.8) 104 (13.8) 4 (16.0) 32 (17.2)
Combination with chemotherapy 0.486 0.725
   No 50 (53.8) 490 (65.2) 11 (44.0) 75 (40.3)
   Yes 43 (46.2) 261 (34.8) 14 (56.0) 111 (59.7)
Antibiotics in 2 weeks 0.511 0.602
   Yes 0 (0.0) 29 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.1)
   No 93 (100.0) 722 (96.1) 25 (100.0) 184 (98.9)
Combination with corticosteroid 0.708 0.812
   No 59 (63.4) 520 (69.2) 12 (48.0) 94 (50.5)
   Yes 34 (36.6) 231 (30.8) 13 (52.0) 92 (49.5)
Types of ICIs 0.209 0.536
   Nivolumab 34 (36.6) 330 (43.9) 10 (40.0) 69 (37.1)
   Pembrolizumab 42 (45.1) 325 (43.3) 12 (48.0) 104 (55.9)
   Durvalumab 8 (8.6) 32 (4.3) 2 (8.0) 5 (2.7)
   Atezolizumab 9 (9.7) 64 (8.5) 1 (4.0) 8 (4.3)

HPD, hyperprogressive disease; ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, performance status; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; PD-L1, programmed death-1; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; ROS-1, proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase-1.