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. 2022 Apr 25;10(4):e35475. doi: 10.2196/35475

Table 2.

Patient characteristics.


Total (n=794) LNMa status P value


pN2b (n=105) pN0c or pN1d (n=689)
Age (years), mean (SD) 60.92 (51.48 to 70.36) 60.87 (51.87 to 69.86) 60.93 (51.42 to 70.44) .45
Sex, n (%) e .06

Male 397 62 335

Female 397 43 354
Smoking history, n (%) .04

Yes 337 55 282

No 457 50 407
Drinking history, n (%) .94

Yes 183 25 158

No 611 80 531
Family history, n (%) .32

Yes 137 14 123

No 657 91 566
Hypertension, n (%) .18

Yes 232 37 195

No 562 68 494
Diabetes, n (%) .25

Yes 84 15 69

No 710 90 620
Pulmonary tuberculosis, n (%) .33

Yes 33 2 31

No 761 103 658
Cardiovascular disease, n (%) .06

Yes 36 9 27

No 758 96 662
Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) .35

Yes 29 6 23

No 765 99 666
Tumor locationf, n (%) .22

RULg 249 27 222

RMLh 59 4 55

RLLi 150 18 132

LULj 185 31 154

LLLk 126 21 105

Other 25 4 21
TLAf,l, median (IQR) 2.61 (1.20 to 4.01) 3.02 (1.64 to 4.39) 2.55 (1.15 to 3.94) <.001
TSAf,m, median (IQR) 2.03 (0.88 to 3.18) 2.38 (1.27 to 3.48) 1.98 (0.83 to 3.13) <.001
Spiculationf, n (%) .08

Yes 255 42 213

No 539 63 476
Lobulationf, n (%) <.001

Yes 211 48 163

No 583 57 526
Tumor densityf, n (%) <.001

pGGOn 124 0 124

mGGOo 96 3 93

Solid nodule 574 102 472
Vessel invasionf, n (%) .87

Yes 52 6 46

No 742 99 643
Pleural indentationf, n (%) .001

Yes 406 70 336

No 388 35 353
HLNLAf,p, n (%) .008

>10 mm 148 30 118

≤10 mm 646 75 571
HLNSAf,q, n (%) <.001

>10 mm 66 19 47

≤10 mm 728 86 642
MLNLAf,r, n (%) <.001

>10 mm 191 50 141

≤10 mm 603 55 548
MLNSAf,s, n (%) <.001

>10 mm 72 27 45

≤10 mm 722 78 644
CEAt, median (IQR) 5.31 (–6.66 to 17.27) 12.66 (–8.44 to 33.76) 4.18 (–5.17 to 13.54) <.001
CA199u, median (IQR) 14.41 (–3.24 to 32.06) 15.80 (–5.08 to 36.68) 14.20 (–2.90 to 31.29) .47
CA125v, median (IQR) 14.46 (0.03 to 28.90) 19.88 (–5.56 to 45.32) 13.64 (1.96 to 25.32) <.001
NSEw, median (IQR) 15.81 (8.85 to 22.78) 16.26 (10.19 to 22.33) 15.75 (8.66 to 22.83) .048
Cyfra211x, median (IQR) 3.20 (–0.23 to 6.62) 3.55 (–0.64 to 7.75) 3.14 (–0.15 to 6.43) .06
SCCAgy, median (IQR) 0.96 (–0.16 to 2.08) 1.18 (–0.62 to 2.99) 0.93 (–0.04 to 1.90) .14

aLNM: lymph node metastasis.

bpN2: pathological N stage 2.

cpN0: pathological N stage 0.

dpN1: pathological N stage 1.

eNot applicable.

fFeatures recorded in computed tomography reports.

gRUL: right upper lobe.

hRML: right middle lobe.

iRLL: right lower lobe.

jLUL: left upper lobe.

kLLL: left lower lobe.

lTLA: tumor long axis.

mTSA: tumor short axis

npGGO: pure ground glass opacity.

omGGO: mixed ground glass opacity.

pHLNLA: hilar lymph node long axis.

qHLNSA: hilar lymph node short axis.

rMLNLA: mediastinal lymph node long axis.

sMLNSA: mediastinal lymph node short axis.

tCEA: carcinoembryonic antigen.

uCA199: carbohydrate antigen 19-9.

vCA125: carbohydrate antigen 12-5.

wNSA: neuron-specific enolase.

xCyfra211: cytokeratin 19-fragments.

ySCCAg: squamous cell carcinoma antigen.